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ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md. - Growing up in a small town in Alabama, Martin Breland lived where major cities were four or five hours apart. Today he's president/CEO of Tower Federal Credit Union in the bustling Baltimore-Washington corridor - and he likes it just fine, thank you. "We enjoy Maryland a...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - State workers who could soon find themselves without a paycheck due to the California Legislature failing to adopt a budget by the July 1 mandated deadline, are being offered some assistance by Sacramento-area credit unions. No-interest emergency loans are being offered to credit union members from at...

Thank you for your most recent installment of "Banks Behaving Badly," published in the June 11 Credit Union Times. In the most recent episode, John Franklin, president/CEO of the South Carolina Credit Union League, meets with a banking industry representative to talk about problems and issues that credit unions and...

MADISON, Wis. - Confused about how to use the National Credit Union Brand? Well education is on the way. CUNA will launch an eSeminar entitled "National Credit Union Brand Campaign: Working Hand in Hand with your Brand" on Thursday July 24 from 2-3:30 p.m. central time. Becky Hart, Director of...

LAS VEGAS - It's a fact of life for credit unions that make auto loans - sometimes they have to repossess members' vehicles. That makes for another challenge for credit unions - how can they maximize the value of repossessed vehicles to regain as much collateral as possible, especially in...

WASHINGTON-Debate on the reauthorization of the Fair Credit Reporting Act has heated up as congressional hearings wind down and rumors fly about the administration's position on the law. The House Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee held its fifth hearing last week on FCRA, entitled "Fighting Identity Theft - The...

BRISBANE, Australia - SARS, terrorism, and war did not stop 1,100 people from stepping on an airplane and travelling hours - or in some cases days - to attend the 2003 World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) International Forum here. Although early registrations were slow, the numbers eventually surpassed previous...

PRINCETON, N.J.- Credit unions may not trust bankers, but consumers trust their banks. Banks came fifth place among 15 basic American institutions in public confidence, according to new Gallup Poll News Service data. Half of 1,029 adults surveyed said they had a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence...