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HOUSTON - The Texas Credit Union Department has approved a merger between First Service Credit Union and the Houston Association of Realtors Credit Union (HARCU). The over $8 million HARCU was established in 1963 to serve the members and affiliate members of the Houston Association of Realtors. "This merger is...

DOVER, Del. - Dover Federal Credit Union has decided it might not be a bad idea to keep track of employee hours spent on charity and volunteer work and let the community know about such contributions. "We were pleased to find we provided 300 hours during 2004," said David Clendaniel,...

BOSTON - A ruling by the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts has closed the book on an almost five-year old case that has concluded with the court finding that federal law preempts state laws and allows national banks to offer insurance products in the state. The case stems from a...

WASHINGTON - The SBA said the recent redesign of its Office of Advocacy Web site will allow visitors to access more small business research and statistics faster. The site, www.sba.gov/advo, offers intuitive, easy to use menus and search features that guide users to a wealth of data, reports, and statistics...

Credit unions and the multitude of state and national organizations that serve them do a lot of things right. Assigning high priority to professional public relations programs is not one of them. As a result, the credit union industry is missing countless golden opportunities to put their collective best foot...

ARLINGTON, Va.- NAFCU Communications Manager John Zimmerman recently announced that he would be leaving the trade association's public relations team to move overseas. Zimmerman will be leaving NAFCU February 11 to prepare for a move to Cyprus. His wife, Jane, serves in the State Department and has been given a...

SALT LAKE CITY - With strong influence from the banking lobby, the Utah legislature appeared to be moving quickly last week to adopt that controversial resolution asking Congress to intervene in the state's acrimonious bank/CU fight over tax exemption and field of membership expansion. Early on, however, the Utah League...

GREENSBORO, N.C. - More than $610,000 has now been raised by the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation to help fund Victory Junction Gang Camp, the facility opened in 2004 to provide joy and medical treatments for seriously ill youngsters. "While the foundation is active in many projects that benefit credit unions...