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BASEL Switzerland - Several U.S. credit unions and international credit union organizations, plus the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) have sent their comments to the Bank of International Settlement (BIS) of the new steps in the Basel Capital Accord. The Accord was originally supposed to be published by the...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Legislation that would enact a revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and bring New York State up to par with other states is among the bills waiting Gov. George Pataki's signature. The revised UCC Article 9 creates a new statewide system for filing of...

MADISON, Wis. - If you cover the world as the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) does, then it makes good sense to have representation from around the world. In the past, the WOCCU Board was heavily weighted by U.S. membership, although there were other countries on the board. That...

Only a handful of credit unions are involved with member business lending, but for those that make MBLs, and for their members, it's an opportunity to receive funding from loans they wouldn't be able to receive elsewhere. Read about how some CUs are participating in MBLs and other mortgage news...

RALEIGH, N.C. - GE Mortgage Insurance, a unit of GE Capital Mortgage Corp., a subsidiary of GE Capital is touting that its new "Homebuyer PrivilegesT" provides qualified borrowers through participating lenders with access to savings that could total $750 to $1,500 on home-related products and services provided by GE businesses...

PHILADELPHIA - After unanimously passing a bill in April that placed tough restrictions on subprime loans, the Pennsylvania state legislature did an about-face and passed a bill overturning Philadelphia's anti-predatory lending regulation. Specifically, the new law-H.B. 1703-pertains to loans with rates 4.5 percentage points above Treasury securities of comparable maturity....