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FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - Buddy Gill was named senior vice president of advocacy in Austin for the Texas Credit Union League. Gill's appointment is effective Sept. 30. Gill is well known in credit union circles for his work as a national campaign director for credit unions during the 1998 campaign...

ARLINGTON, Va. - The massive blackout didn't have any major effects on NCUA. The agency sent some staffers to a meeting of the Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee at the White House at 6:00 a.m. on Friday, August 15. The meeting participants, who included other federal financial regulators, reported...

BOULDER, Colo. - U of C Federal Credit Union said Aug. 20 it is doing its part to provide consumer assistance on the deadly West Nile Virus hitting Boulder County by using its newly launched Web site to provide prevention advice. U of C announced in June the start of...

MADISON, Wis.-When credit union members are better informed about uninsured accounts, they are more likely to use them, a recent Filene Research Institute study found. "In the last few years, a number of credit unions have expressed concern about the lack of alternative sources of capital," the study, Uninsured Accounts:...

WASHINGTON-Several records were set with recently released data from the Administrative Office of the Courts regarding bankruptcy filings in the federal courts for the 12-months ending June 30, 2003. The 1,650,279 bankruptcy filings exceeded those filed in the same period the previous year (1,505,306) by 9.6%, according to the Administrative...

SALT LAKE CITY - Mountain America Federal Credit won more field of membership authority than it expected when it agreed to acquire the troubled $20 million Utah Copper Employees CU of Copperton in a supervisory merger. Under a NCUA takeover deal, Mountain America, which converted to a federal charter last...

NEW YORK - The Insurance Information Institute says the insurance implications of the Northeast blackout are likely to be minimal. According to the I.I.I. most commercial insurance policies specifically rule out payment for losses for power failures. In addition, some 10 to 15% percent of commercial insurance customers buy supplementary...

Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union, Austin, Texas, has held a grand opening ceremony for its Seton branch. The Seton Branch replaces the Central Texas Branch, which was located less than a mile away from the new location. Credit union staff, members of the volunteer Board of Directors, branch contractors and designers,...