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"Some of our members have told me that they feel we've thrown in the towel but that's not the case," - Bob Dorsa, NACUSO president on the Association's more than two-year effort to include CUSOs in an SEC proposal that recently extended broker/dealer exemptions to credit unions. "Our idea was...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Proposed regulations regarding mutual charter and private insurance conversions were the highlight of the NCUA Board's July meeting. While the issue of credit unions converting to mutual thrift institutions has been a hot one among credit unions, the proposed disclosures NCUA may impose have reached beyond the borders of...

PHOENIX, Ariz. - Gary Isner, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Arizona Credit Union League died July 15 after a six month battle with cancer. He was 60 years old. Isner was with the ACUL for 19 years, beginning in May 1985 as vice president. He was...

WASHINGTON - Credit union lobbyists were surprised July 15 when an unexpected amendment to an appropriations bill threatened to derail an important element of credit unions' outreach to Hispanic communities that they had thought secure. At risk is credit unions' ability to accept the so-called matricula consulars. The matricula consular...

FORT WORTH, Texas - Insurance solutions provider State National Companies and Western Reliance Corporation, a leading west coast insurance agency and loan tracking specialist, have joined forces. The move, designed to capitalize on each other's strengths, will provide Portland, Oregon-based Western Reliance clients with State National's force-placed insurance services including...

TEMPE, Ariz. -The American Association of Credit Union Leagues has presented the Arizona Credit Union League and LEMMON-AID Marketing Services a Pro & Blockbuster Award during the PR/Communications/GAPS Conference. The award honors excellence in public relations, marketing and advertising efforts, based on creativity and informational/educational value. The Arizona Credit Union...

TOPEKA, Kan. - With support from the Kansas Credit Union Association, State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins is fulfilling a long-standing personal goal next month of energizing the financial community into improving financial literacy among Kansas youth. "You know I shouted from the mountaintops for financial institutions to help me out and...

VANCOUVER, B.C.-Vancouver City Savings Credit Union President and CEO Dave Mowat welcomed visiting NAFCU members to the city of the 2010 Winter Olympics at the opening of NAFCU's 37th Annual Conference and Exhibition. Canadian credit unions face some of the same challenges credit unions in America are challenged with. Mowat...