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BRISBANE, Australia - SARS, terrorism, and war did not stop 1,100 people from stepping on an airplane and travelling hours - or in some cases days - to attend the 2003 World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) International Forum here. Although early registrations were slow, the numbers eventually surpassed previous...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Nationwide Retirement Solutions is making a couple of key changes in its retirement education efforts - alterations offering pointers credit unions may want to keep in mind as they plan pre-retirement programs for their members. NRS, a subsidiary of Nationwide Financial, is one of the country's leading...

SAN DIEGO - Steve Hollenbeck has been keeping tabs on the "wirehouses" - the Merrill Lynches and J.P. Morgans of the brokerage industry and he's seeing a consistent trend among its high net worth clients. Some clients, despite having what industry insiders deem "serious money," are not getting the intimate...

TAMPA, Fla. and MADISON, Wis. - Nearly two years after developing a business plan for an entity that would offer coast-to-coast trust services and convincing regulators that such an effort could be realized, credit unions in all 50 states will now have access to the first nationally-chartered trust company owned...

BRISBANE, Australia - The World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) has been behind many development projects in countries around the world, working with credit unions to serve the underserved and economically empowering people through micro-financing projects. So it was not surprising that one of the break-out sessions at WOCCU's 2003...

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