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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The state of Florida is weighing in on the issue of financial literacy and Florida's Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher is hoping a new statewide public education initiative called Your Money, Your Life will help consumers here up their money management IQ. According to a recently released...

WOBURN, Mass. - EasCorp has formed a new CUSO that might sound like its name is derived from a tax form, but for the credit union faithful it's an historical name. The new CUSO is dubbed 1909 Financial Advisors, LLC. The name honors the year the first credit union law...

Mobiloil Federal Credit Union, Beaumont, Texas, has named Debra Boumans, internal auditor. Security Service Federal Credit Union, San Antonio, has named Jose Cruz 281/1604 Service Center branch manager. River City Federal Credit Union, San Antonio, has elected the following officers to its board: Nancy Davidson, chair; Bob Saucedo, vice chair;...

NASSAU, Bahamas - Credit union mergers are neither bad nor good, opines Bob Hoel. It depends on the circumstances surrounding the merger. That's the core message the president of the Filene Research Institute delivered to the more than 1,000 delegates to the World Council of Credit Union's (WOCCU) Seventh Annual...

WASHINGTON - In an indication of the Federal Reserve's recognition of consumers' continuing decline in use of paper checks in favor of electronic payment, the agency last week announced further changes designed, it stated in a release, "to increase the efficiency of their check-processing operations while maintaining high-quality services to...

FITCHBURG, Mass. - Workers' Credit Union is helping preserve Townsend history with a $10,000 pledge to the Townsend Historical Society's capital campaign. The proceeds from the capital campaign will be used to improve the historic properties of the Townsend Historical Society. "It is an important and worthy cause and we...

MADISON, Wis. - SHAREXT, a mortgage servicing and delivery venture launched by CUNA Mutual Mortgage last month and which is owned and managed by the company, has partnered with mortgage applications specialist MortgagebotT to offer credit unions an opportunity to purchase Mortgagebot's streamlined and economical Internet-based loan origination system at...

PASADENA, Calif.-LA Financial Credit Union made history in July by being approved for the largest federal community charter ever. NCUA's Region V gave the OK to LA Financial to serve a field of membership encompassing all of Los Angeles County with a population of more than 10.1 million, the highest...