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WASHINGTON - Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) told attendees of NAFCU's Congressional Caucus last week that, despite the Government Accountability Office report, he was "not terribly disappointed with the secondary capital study." Nothing happens in Washington without that first obligatory study, he said. Sherman said it has not undermined his resolve...

WASHINGTON - The SBA recently recognized the achievements of two women-owned and minority-owned businesses during National Minority Enterprise Development Week recently held here. Belinda A. Davis, president of Belton, Mo.-based DGR Associates was named the National Minority Small Business Person of the Year by the SBA. Davis' company's services include...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Worldwide Interactive Services is offering an online application system for credit unions to use to lend to current members and process new members. The eZ App solution is available to client and non-client credit unions, says Worldwide Interactive Services (www.yourmsr.com), an Orlando-based provider of Internet and wireless...

MADISON, Wis. - With an estimated personal net worth of Americans over age 50 topping the $15 trillion mark, credit unions may want to consider how they will market trust services to this group. The prospect of a large intergenerational transfer of wealth in the near future has indeed caught...

CHICAGO - With prospects of a court battle looming over funding of the Illinois agency regulating credit unions, state-chartered CUs were holding the line this month on making any move to apply for federal charters. Typical of CU sentiment was that of Illinois' largest, the $4.3 billion Alliant Credit Union,...

ATLANTA - The John H. Harland Company wants to help financial institutions deliver target messages through the checkbook. The program, HarlandImpact, is designed to help turn every check order into a cross-selling opportunity with targeted messages developed by combining a financial institution's marketing data with Harland's behavioral models. According to...

FLINT, Mich. - Who says a great benefits offering has to cost big bucks? Security Federal Credit Union has set its employees on the road to good health and they've never looked or felt better. "While it is hard to qualify if this directly affects health insurance costs, employees keep...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - During NASCUS' recently held 39th Annual Conference and Symposium, Sept. 12-15, elections were held for key NASCUS Board and NASCUS Council positions. Roger Little, deputy commissioner, Credit Union Division, Division of Financial Services of the Michigan Office of Financial & Insurance Services, was reelected NASCUS chairman. Mike...