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MIAMI, Fla. - Two firefighter credit unions - on opposite coasts - are stepping up field of membership expansion to include larger numbers of smaller fire department units as the national debate continues over dilution of professional "identity." The $60-million Miami Firefighters Federal CU and the $600-million Los Angeles Firemen's...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA has announced that beginning in April, it will accept grant applications from credit unions for the college student internship program. This year, the agency has increased funding for the program to $75,000, up $12,500 from last year for 30 internships at $2,500 each. The program helps offset the...

I got lost in Washington and I need your help. There were many sessions and representatives on the schedule for our Georgia Delegation. There were some general and breakout sessions we had a high priority to see and some that weren't such a high priority. For the most part, we...

WASHINGTON-Personal bankruptcy filings continued to burst through previous calendar year records in 2003. Credit unions and others are hoping they can successfully shuffle the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2003 (H.R. 975) through the legislative process to help curb abuse of the system while maintaining protections for...

JACKSON, Mich. - American 1 Federal Credit Union staffers got a little "crazy" and raised over $2,500 for Junior Achievement. During the annual Junior Achievement Crazy Bowl some 20 American1 FCU employees dressed in their wildest costumes to bowl "crazy" style while dancing, sitting down and running through an obstacle...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA issued Orders of Prohibition against three former credit union board members at the end of last month. Former Treasurer of Troy Federal Credit Union (Troy, N.Y.) William G. Carey, Sr., pleaded guilty to a felony count of embezzlement and was sentenced to prison for two years. William H....

MADISON, Wis.-CUNA and CU Business Partners have entered a marketing agreement to provide credit unions with an easier, less costly avenue of getting started in member business lending. "This program offers our member credit unions the potential to strengthen their portfolios while helping their members achieve their business dreams," CUNA...

OKLAHOMA CITY - If there's one lesson learned from the debate at CUNA's GAC that featured the head of the American Bankers Association and Jim Blaine, president/CEO, State Employees Credit Union, Raleigh, N.C. it is this: "credit unions need to do more in educating community bankers about our business." That...