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WASHINGTON - As lawmakers on the right side of the aisle gear up for the Republican National Convention, the political arm of CUNA is helping to make sure their pockets are lined with spending money. According to the Credit Union Legislative Action Council's Federal Election Commission report, CULAC gave $15,000...

Allegiance Credit Union, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has given away a 2004 Jeep Liberty to one lucky member Michael Deibel as part of its sweepstakes with dealer Bob Howard Jeep and local radio station 96.1 KXY. The promotion was in celebration of the United States' independence as well as Allegiance Credit...

It is unfortunate that in the story titled, "Consumer Groups Urge Fed to Put APRs on Overdraft Protection Programs; CUNA Says APR Would Hinder CUs From Offering Overdraft" in the Aug. 18 issue, the only CEO interviewed was one that for whatever reason does not understand the realities that many...

High-ranking Republican Congresswoman Deborah Pryce (Ohio) writes out a check that she eventually fed into a Check 21 imaging machine at Corporate One FCU recently. Pryce said it was good to see Check 21 in action. As item processors, corporates and league service corporations play a key role in the...

DOVER, Del. - Less than a week after Delaware FCU reopened its doors for business after a suspicious package forced employees to evacuate, Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has made it a felony to plant any type of terror hoax device. On Aug. 23, Minner signed into law legislation that would...

I couldn't agree more with Mike Welch's column in the August 11, 2004 issue of Credit Union Times, "Don't Jump to Conclusions Regarding CEO's Pay." I find it very interesting that anyone, other than the members and the board at Portland Teachers Credit Union, should be concerned about its CEO's...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-If NCUA's mid-year report on federally-insured credit unions is any indication, credit unions have a pretty bright future ahead of them. For the most part, the numbers that should be up were up and the others that credit unions like to see heading downwards did just that. NCUA reported...

HACKENSACK, N.J. - The Financial Services Centers of America, the largest trade association for check cashers in the nation, has begun negotiating with a national bank to begin offering their customers federally-insured depository accounts. The move, should it succeed, could sharply boost efforts to move the nation's more than 10...