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WASHINGTON-Inaugural activities last week were crawling with credit union representatives eager to celebrate democracy. "The inauguration of the president is truly a recognition and commemoration of the democratic principles on which the United States was founded, and I believe that it's important to the nation to celebrate those events appropriately....

ARLINGTON, Va. - In a development which some credit union card issuers might incorporate into their card marketing programs, the nationwide move to higher credit card fees continued in 2004. Cardweb.com has reported that Americans shelled out billions in credit card fees last year. The site (http://www.cardweb.com) tracks credit card...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Three multi-billion dollar credit unions have recently signed processing extensions with PSCU Financial Services, the card processing firm which serves over 500 credit unions which process their transactions through First Data Corp. The three are the $7 billion Pentagon FCU, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia; the $1.4...

SAN DIEGO - Atlantic Credit Union recently took home the MEMBERS Financial Services Program of the Year accolade. The $290 million Newtown, Pa.-based credit union was recognized at CUNA Mutual Group's annual MEMBERS Financial Services Users meeting held here last week. Atlantic's "vision and strategy not only address the current...

ARLINGTON, Va.-Despite accommodations made to concerns from the credit union industry, NASCUS continues to feel that NCUA's final regulation on disclosures for conversions to private insurance violates states' rights. In a statement following the Jan. 13 NCUA Board meeting, NASCUS noted its appreciation for NCUA's willingness to listen to comments...

I always enjoy reading Mike Welch's columns, but I was particularly enlightened by his Dec. 8 column entitled "There are lots of Good and Bad ideas Involving CUs." His comments regarding shared branching were interesting, but it appears that, unintentionally, the discussion left the impression that "the two major" shared...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The past year was a good one for eCU Technologies, as the technology CUSO of Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union doubled its client base while adding staff and new services. The three-year-old CUSO signed 35 credit unions in 2004, bringing the total client base to 72, and...

MADISON, Wis. - CUNA Mutual Group has launched a new online training program for credit union staff to learn the basics about individual retirement accounts. IRA E-Learning allows credit union staff to get IRA training when they want it, giving them control over their own learning from any Internet connection,...