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LATHAM, N.Y. - In commemoration of the victims and heroes of 9/11, the New York State Credit Union League on behalf of CUPAC has begun offering a trio of commemorative coins and a photo mint. According to the NYSCUL, coin distributor MPI Coin is donating a portion of the proceeds...

CHICAGO - For weeks now top management and human relations departments at United Airlines Employees Credit Union and American Airlines Federal Credit Union of Dallas, have pondered-quietly for sure-just how to respond in the most sensitive way possible to Sept. 11 observances. "This is something we really don't want to...

North Island Financial CU EVP Retail Delivery & Corporate Planning Geri Dillingham was at a strategic forum for senior executives at Squam Lake, New Hampshire in a lodge with no telephone and no cell phone service when the couple that runs the lodge told the group what was happening. "They...

WASHINGTON - One year after hijackers took over and plunged American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon, Tracy Reynolds manages conference services at ASET International, a firm that provides language translation for events in the Washington D.C. area. But on the day of the attack Reynolds was in the air...

NEW YORK - Mary Spink serves as Treasurer of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions and on the board of directors of the Lower East Side Federal Credit Union. "That's what I do for free," she said, chuckling. But in her other life she manages a public housing...

WASHINGTON-According to Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) data, suspicious activity reporting has increased dramatically since last September. Following the terrorist attacks last year, law enforcement discovered that terrorists were using the U.S. financial services system to help fund their activities. While Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing mainly stayed under 17,000...