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WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) brought some sparks to CUNA's 2002 GAC and gave bankruptcy reform supporters reasons to hope their legislation may reach President Bush's desk more sooner than later. Daschle got the ball rolling when he strongly...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The first Credit Union InfoSecurity conference will be held May 22-24, 2002 at the Sheraton 4 Points in San Antonio, Texas. Sponsored by William Rogers and Associates, the conference will address the latest security trends as they specifically apply to credit unions-backed by real life case...

At the opening general session of CUNA's GAC, American Airlines FCU President/CEO John Tippets presented CUNA President/CEO Dan Mica with a painting in appreciation for CUNA's work in getting Congressional support for financial aid legislation for airlines. The airlines were reeling after the events of Sept. 11, and the legislation...

ROCKVILLE, Md. - Adfluence, an advertising technology company, has introduced something new in the way of digital marketing - a variety of user interactivity in ads on the web and in emails. While the ads include in-banner product catalogs, interactive animations, games, and user registrations, Adfluence can also measure user...

WARREN, N.J. - The Chubb Group of Insurance companies is offering credit unions a new choice for fidelity protection -ForeFront Security-Credit Union Bond. The product is a comprehensive credit union bond form covering employee dishonesty, remises, and transit with limits up to $25 million. Additional coverages include plastic card fraud...

DURHAM, NC - The passage of the U.S. Patriot Act after Sept. 11 that aimed to stop foreign nationals from opening financial accounts using fake identification, may be discouraging immigrants from opening mainstream credit union and bank accounts. John Herrera, board chair of LCCU, went to Washington on Feb. 12...

WASHINGTON - Rep. John LaFalce (D-N.Y.), ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee and longtime credit union advocate, told the 2002 CUNA GAC that changes in the financial services industry dictate Congress "modestly modify" credit union law. "There are a number of important areas where I think we need...

WASHINGTON - Large merging credit unions will not have to pay thousands of dollars in fees to the Federal Trade Commission or wait for months for the agency and the Justice Department to review their proposed merger, according to an opinion communicated to CUNA on February 19. The money saving...