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CORK, Ireland -- In a country where artists get tax breaks, it is not surprising to find 33 Cork credit unions coming together to support local talent as part of a county-wide cultural program. Although donating to this project was voluntary, the participating Chapter XI credit unions contributed _60,000 (US$73,000)...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA's 2004 Annual Report features loads of information and graphics on the nation's credit unions as well as artistic shots of NCUA's Alexandria headquarters and the key players in it. The agency really kicked its Annual Report up a notch for 2004, but it is not just for federal...

MOOROOKA, Australia - Lloyd Frederick Hawkins, a credit union leader known in the United States from his connections with the Credit Union Executives Society, is not a man who considers retirement or ill health as an excuse to sit in a chair and do nothing. Hawkins' connections with CUES go...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Three years' worth of data from NCUA's 5300 call reports and collected by Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Crop. comparing federal credit unions and state-chartered credit unions in key areas shows that despite occasional spikes on the radar screen, both federal and state-chartered credit unions...

NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. - In a rising interest rate environment such as the current one credit unions are operating in, what are the best ways for credit unions to maintain the best income position? A study commissioned by the Michigan Credit Union Foundation addressed the risk exposure faced by Michigan...

DUBLIN, Ireland - Attitudes have changed in the 30 years she's been working with credit unions and Anne O'Bryne says the fact that she's been elected the first woman president of the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) is proof of that. Byrne recalls when she became a teller two...