Credit Union Times | Accurate and Timely CU News

Barclays Bank to Help Ghana SUSU Collectors

By Staff Writer

GHANA - SUSU Collectors work like unofficial credit unions in Ghana. These estimated 4,000 collectors even have an association, The Ghana Cooperative SUSU Collectors Association, which works the Ghana Microfinance Institutions Network (GHAMFIN). They are self-regulating. Collectors, readily identifiable by the many pocketed coats they wear, gather money from small...

Read Story

News

Not All Data Breaches the Same, Study Finds

News

Security, Stored Value, KeyWords in the Credit Card Arena for 2006

Recommended Just For You

News Stories

January 17, 2006

Visa Projects 10% Growth For Payment Industry Over The Next Five Years

SAN FRANCISCO - Visa USA's annual report to investors forecast a 10% annual growth rate over the next five for the payments industry, led by debit cards. Visa USA delivered 10% operating revenue growth in FY05 on dollar sales growth of 18%, which exceeded personal consumption expenditure growth of 6.5%....

Read

January 17, 2006

Vantage CU Gives for Holiday Season

ST. LOUIS - Vantage Credit Union has teamed up with local television affiliate Fox 2 and Catholic Charities to collect and distribute warm clothing to make the holidays a little brighter for those in need. To encourage last-minute donations to the charity drive, Tim Ezell, morning anchor at Fox 2,...

Read

January 17, 2006

TNB Publishes Card Marketing Guide

DALLAS - Credit union clients of TNB Card Services, the card processing arm of credit-union-owned Town North Bank, will soon have access to a new marketing guide TNB has published to help them better sell their card programs. Credit unions that actively market their card programs achieve stronger net retail...

Read

January 17, 2006

Haystack Building Doesn't Help Decrease Money Laundering

SYDNEY, Australia - Over regulation and customer privacy are two areas that concern the Credit Union Industry Association here. They have issued a statement in response to the new anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) that have been proposed and released December 16th. If approved, then all financial institutions...

Read

January 17, 2006

Differences in Regulation Mean CU Members Won't Face Card Payment Increase

MADISON, Wis. - Starting in 2006, credit cardholders across the country faced an increase in the minimum payments that they had to make to their credit card accounts per billing cycle - unless they held a card issued by a credit union. Even though credit union and bank minimum card...

Read

January 17, 2006

Santa a Hit at LGEFCU

MARIETTA, Ga. - Lockheed Georgia Employees' Federal Credit Union (LGEFCU) has continued its five-year tradition by recently hosting its annual Santa Day. The holiday event drew more than 120 people and in addition to an array of holiday snacks, the festivities included arts and crafts stations, games, and face painting....

Read

January 17, 2006

Eastern Financial Remembers Disadvantaged Children over Holidays

MIRAMAR, Fla. - Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union has made the holidays brighter for disadvantaged children from Broward County's Kids in Distress program. The credit union played Santa Claus for 50 youngsters by making their gift wishes come true. Eastern Financial's Team Council - a group of employee volunteers who...

Read

‹ ‹ PREV 4542 4543 4544 ... 4808 › NEXT ›

News

Top News Stories

Barclays Bank to Help Ghana SUSU Collectors

Not All Data Breaches the Same, Study Finds

Security, Stored Value, KeyWords in the Credit Card Arena for 2006

Recommended Just For You

News Stories

Visa Projects 10% Growth For Payment Industry Over The Next Five Years

Vantage CU Gives for Holiday Season

TNB Publishes Card Marketing Guide

Haystack Building Doesn't Help Decrease Money Laundering

Differences in Regulation Mean CU Members Won't Face Card Payment Increase

Santa a Hit at LGEFCU

Eastern Financial Remembers Disadvantaged Children over Holidays