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DALLAS -After 70 years, Vought Heritage Community Credit Union has changed its name to Texas Trust Credit Union. According to TTCU President Jim Gray, the new name reflects the credit union's growing and more diverse membership. TTCU has over $450 million in assets and serves 65,000 members.

I enjoyed Mike Welch's column May 5th on PIG Awards ("Announcing the Banking Industry's PIG Awards"). I just have a couple of suggestions for category changes. "Best of Show" could be "Best of Sow," and "Hall of Fame" could be "Hog of Fame." Ah but a rose by any other...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Credit unions and others who wrote off Internet banks as only a passing fancy may want to think again. "Much of the financial services industry has pronounced Internet banking only `dot-gone.' But we find that contrary to widely held opinions, Internet-only banks not only continue to exist...

ARLINGTON, Va.-The agenda for NAFCU's 37th Annual Conference and Exhibition slated for July 14-17 in Vancouver, British Columbia is crammed with information relating to credit unions on a wide range of subjects. The Credit Union Economics Group, of which NAFCU was a founding member, will lead a panel discussion on...

WASHINGTON-A group of key credit union associations are teaming up on advertising in Washington, D.C. newspapers to counter the bankers' recent efforts to tarnish the credit union image. CUNA, NAFCU, CUNA Mutual Group, U.S. Central, and the state credit union leagues are working together on an advertising campaign in an...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Thin may be better when it come to jockeys or magazine models, but a slim credit file poses potential serious problems for consumers when they apply for loans. Take, for example, the member who always pays his bills on time, so he's shocked when he's turned down...

DULUTH, Ga. - Talk about a credit union building. A new facility here will house corporate credit union Georgia Central CU, Georgia CU Affiliates, Georgia FCU and the southeastern regional office of CUNA Mutual Group. Georgia Central moved into 10,000 square feet on the second story of the three-story building...

MADISON, Wis. - CUNA did its part to tout the credit union difference to small business owners at the Small Business Administration's SBA Expo in Orlando held May 19-21. At CUNA's booth, education materials were made available to small business owners, many who may not have considered credit unions as...