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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Building credit union branches in Alaska is an exercise in creative problem solving. "The challenges are all solvable," said Bill Payton, chief architect of Fairbanks, Alaska-based architect firm Design Alaska. "Colder weather and longer winter problems are easily solved by adding insulation and the grayness...

WASHINGTON-CUNA wrote in a recent comment letter that it supported the revised format for public disclosure of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data. CUNA's letter said the proposed revisions to the HMDA data disclosure are adequate for disclosing the new HMDA data. The trade association also supported the elimination of redundant...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Treasury has named a new director for the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. The CDFI Fund is a significant source of grants and other support for community development credit unions. The new director is Arthur Garcia, a former Administrator of the Rural Housing...

ONTARIO, Calif. - A paper researched on behalf of CO-OP Network strongly urges credit unions to strategize how they are going to incorporate payment systems into their overall strategy and not to overlook them. "Payments are a critical source of revenue for credit unions and their importance will only increase...

LOS ANGELES - Several credit unions have received high marks from the U.S. Department of Education for their student loan programs. USC Credit Union was ranked as the nation's 57th largest Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loan originator with $86.9 million in guaranteed loans, up from last year's $65.9...

Find out what Former Michigan CU League CEO Ken Bixby is up to these days. Page 40.

SPOKANE, Wash. - In partnership with the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane Teachers Credit Union will sponsor Spokane A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray Influence, May 22 - July 18. The exhibit is a retrospective of work done at the Archie Bray Foundation. It contains...

South Division Credit Union, Evergreen Park, Ill., has named Marlene Nagel marketing manager. First American Credit Union, Beloit, Wis., has named Jessica Higgins marketing assistant. Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union, St. Paul, Minn., has elected Yvonne Condell board chair. Royal Credit Union, Eau Claire, Wis., has named Andrea Tomac Golf...