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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -If credit unions could pick one regulation to change what would it be? The Government Accounting Office's recent report on credit unions and alternative capital found that there is no pressing need to provide credit unions with alternative, sometimes known as secondary, capital options. Some credit...

Over the past several years, very quietly, a new breed of credit union CEOs have come on the scene. They are running many of the industry's largest, most innovative, most highly ranked, and most successful credit unions. They made them that way. In no small part they are also responsible...

AVON, Conn. - Richard Leone, president and CEO of COCC, was the keynote speaker for the Financial Managers Society East Coast Regional Conference that ran Sept. 19-21 in Boston. Leone, whose company, the former Connecticut Online, is a core technology provider to credit unions and community banks, addressed the importance...

DURHAM, N.C.- The Latino Community Credit Union and the Consulate of Mexico have teamed up with the North Carolina Catholic Dioceses, the North Carolina Credit Union League, the Episcopal Farm Workers Ministry, the NC Banking Commissioner and community groups to bring financial services to unbanked Latinos at fiestas throughout the...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The topic of conversion at the annual gathering of CEOs of large credit unions in the state turned into what was described as a "spirited discussion" about the CU philosophy when invited guest Pennsylvania Secretary of Banking William Schenck raised the issue of mutual conversions. At a...

* Scores only reflect a consumer's own past credit history, not any personal characteristics such as age and gender. Over time consumers have the ability to control these scores; * A low score could not only cost a consumer up to thousands of dollar a year in additional finance changes,...

MADISON, Wis. - The CUNA National Credit Union Brand Campaign continues to evolve as its "public education" component is now available in Spanish. "The English version of this campaign was tested in eight markets and proven to be effective in raising the public's level of understanding and awareness of credit...

POWELL, Wyo.- As more and more credit unions build up their member business lending programs serving a once untapped market, their entry has ruffled the feathers of many community bankers who see the gain as an encroachment on their territory. Indeed, member business loans have increased from $6.7 billion in...