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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - If everything goes according to plan, one evening in October the $161 million Sunshine State Credit Union will close its doors as a credit union and re-open them the next day as Sunshine State Bank. "I think that is the time frame I have in the back...

LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Virginia Bankers Association is asking its members to write their members of Congress and encourage them to support House Ways & Means Committee Chairman William Thomas' request to review credit unions' tax exemption and to oppose H.B. 3579, The Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act. An item...

For years in speeches and columns I have been railing on the subject of change. Credit unions and the dozens of groups that serve them, I would say, can ignore change, fight change, or embrace change. For a long time, there were always plenty of examples available in all three...

WASHINGTON - CUNA has been watching the progress of a loan participation proposal from the Financial Accounting Standards Board supporting its stance that there are safeguards currently in place to address the arrangement. In a May 10, 2004 letter to FASB CUNA wrote " (loan) participations are important financial and...

AUGUST AUGUST 3-6 NCCU(National Center for CU's) 27th National Directors' Conference & Exposition, The Venetian, Las Vegas, Nev. For info: Dennis Sullivan, 301-287-2211 or [email protected]. AUGUST 8-13 CUNA & Affiliates' Financial Management school: Parts I &II, Hyatt Regency, Denver, Colo. For info: 800-356-9655, x 4249 or www.training.cuna.org. AUGUST 11-14 The...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - VeriSign Inc., a longtime major provider of Internet infrastructure, has launched a five-piece anti-phishing security offering. Fraudsters use phishing attacks, typically e-mails, to attempt to fool consumers into giving account numbers and the like through real-looking Web sites. Estimates are that up to 5% of users...

LENEXA, Kan. - The push for a single national credit union image exchange entity to give the industry a major advantage in the post-Check 21 world took another step forward recently. In April U.S. Central invited the major credit union item processors (a mix of corporates and league service corporations)...

LAUREL, Md. -Tower Federal Credit Union has dedicated its Visitor Control Center branch in memory of Branch Manager Pamela Lewis, who exemplified over 23 years of service excellence, leadership, and teamwork. Lewis died in December 2003. "Pam set the threshold of how to manage, leaving a legacy at Tower Federal...