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SAN FRANCISCO - Stanford Federal Credit Union has tapped Identity Theft 911's retainer-based RB421 program to help arm its members in the war against identity theft. By paying a fixed monthly fee, Stanford FCU has become the first financial institution in the country to provide free identity theft victim assistance...

GROTON, Conn. - Charter Oak Federal Credit Union has expanded its insurance reach with the purchase of local property and casualty agency The Insurance Professionals Inc. (TIPS) by its subsidiary SCCT, LLC. "TIPS further diversifies the credit union and allows us to offer a broader scope of financial services to...

SAN DIEGO - Being a couch potato has left Flora Waite sitting pretty. And if things work out, Waite and her family may soon be doing that sitting in a new home, thanks to a San Diego television station promotion and a $25,000 prize offered by California Coast Credit Union....

WASHINGTON-The National Treasury Employees Union, representing NCUA employees, filed unfair labor practice (ULP) charges with the Federal Labor Relations Authority Oct. 27 against the agency for "stalling and resisting" efforts to reach an agreement on a labor contract. NCUA did not have much to say on the matter. "We are...

BOISE, Idaho - Citing the sharp rise of check and Internet fraud, the state's top regulator of credit unions and banks is moving ahead this month with what he describes as a tough "and novel" bill in the 2005 session of the Idaho Legislature to double criminal and civil penalties...

Credit unions have to be wary of the growing mortgage fraud problem. Read about this and other mortgage news on pages 22-25.

For years one of the biggest frustrations for CUNA CEO Dan Mica was that CUNA's annual conference never really reached the level of success and acceptance he thought it should; especially since so many other CUNA offerings, such as its multi-faceted advocacy program, had long ago been recognized as superior....

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Credit unions and community banks saw record highs with their securities brokerage business in April and July, but August was a different story. According to the Kehrer-Raymond James Community Bank Brokerage Study, which surveys a sample of CUs and banks with $4 billion in assets or...