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Johnson: NCUA "Not About to Impose CRA" on Credit Unions, Tough on Conversion Disclosures

By Sarah Snell Cooke

WASHINGTON-Service to members of modest means is recent and not the only job of credit unions. In remarks to CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference, NCUA Chairman JoAnn Johnson told participants that the term `modest means' only came about with the 1998 passage of the Credit Union Membership Access Act. She added,...

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Yields on Investment Fall within a Respectable Range for Credit Unions

WASHINGTON - Investments as a percentage of assets were as high as 81% and as low as 11% for the country's top 50 largest credit unions as of Sept. 30, 2005. According to Callahan & Associates, the most current data shows that Connecticut State Employees Credit Union had 81.38% of...

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Credit Unions Rediscover Branch Power

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - When it comes to providing member convenience and building member relationships more credit unions are taking another look at branching out. While the branch has never been "out", talks of it playing a diminished role in reaching members were greatly exaggerated. Whether large or small,...

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February 28, 2006

Rosenthal: Community CUs Would Crumble Under Taxation

NEW YORK - Cliff Rosenthal, executive director of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, said the Federation had looked occasionally at this question because of the attempts some have made over the years to try to split the credit union industry by size. The presumption has always been...

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February 28, 2006

CUs to Set Sail For RMJ Foundation

RANCHO CUCOMONGA, Calif. - It is once again time for the Lexus Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race to benefit the Richard Myles Johnson Foundation, which promotes credit union education and financial literacy. The annual 125-mile competition begins at noon on Friday, April 28 and of the over 500 boats...

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EFT Network Leaders Hanisch, Park, Bang Speak Out

Jim Hanisch, executive vice president for CO-OP Network, said the credit union ATM and EFT giant expected that the network would survive the loss of the tax-exemption but that it might have to change some of its policies and procedures to give its credit union members the best ATM strategy...

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February 28, 2006

Dawson: "Unintended" Fallout From Taxation

MERRIFIELD, Va. - The tax-exemption is a privilege that credit unions have rightly earned and it is incumbent upon the industry to remind the public of why that is the case and why it should remain intact, according to Cutler Dawson, the president/CEO of Navy FCU. Should it be removed,...

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Johnson: NCUA "Not About to Impose CRA" on Credit Unions, Tough on Conversion Disclosures

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Despite Refi Drought, CU Mortgage Business Strong in 2005

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Identity Theft is Top Consumer Concern, CUs Help to Fight Back

Yields on Investment Fall within a Respectable Range for Credit Unions

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Rosenthal: Community CUs Would Crumble Under Taxation

CUs to Set Sail For RMJ Foundation

EFT Network Leaders Hanisch, Park, Bang Speak Out

Dawson: "Unintended" Fallout From Taxation