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ARLINGTON, Va.-NAFCU recently wrote Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) to request that regulatory relief legislation be introduced quickly in the Senate-NAFCU also made some suggestions for the substance of the proposed bill. "We realize that as Congress returns from the August recess there will be a number of...

CALABASAS, Calif. - Roni Wilhelm, a member at Safeway Northwest CU, won't be paying any bills for two months, thanks to Digital Insight. Wilhelm won DI's "Live Free for 60 Days" online bill payment sweepstakes. The sweepstakes is part of DI's Growth and Retention Program. Digital Insight provided its clients...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Credit Union 1, the second largest credit union in Alaska, will also be the state's only state-chartered credit union when its merger with North Country CU, the state's other SCCU, is completed. That should happen, if everything goes as planned, by Jan. 1, 2004, according to Credit...

ARLINGTON, Va. - When a bank purchases a credit union card portfolio it frequently reviews the credit card accounts of current cardholders with an eye toward increasing the card limits. This is because credit unions, in general, are known for having card portfolios that are not being used to their...

WASHINGTON-The U.S. General Accounting Office found during a recent study that some privately insured credit unions are not "adequately" disclosing their private insurance status, a discovery that could heat up the private insurance debate all over again. "Some privately insured credit unions GAO visited did not adequately disclose that these...

WASHINGTON-CUNA strongly opposed suggestions included in a recent request for information by NACHA-The Electronic Payments Association-on automated clearinghouse returns that include a Standard Entry Class Code that is invalid for the account type or which the Receiving Depository Financial Institution believes may be fraudulent. NACHA specifically asked if a return...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The lending paradigm has changed, and the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association wants to arm credit unions with the know-how and necessary resources to be able to compete in the evolving lending environment. That will be the job of a task force to be formed by the PCUA...

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. - The rising cost of health insurance and the question of who should pay the bill promises to get more attention across the nation in the coming months. The issue looms at the heart of a credit union labor dispute in Indiana. On Friday, August 22, members...