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Mike Welch's reference to the Los Angeles Area Cooperative Advertising Program in his March 19th column ("Surveys, Bankruptcy, Affiliation, Ads, forum, and More") compels me to applaud his support of the initiative, and to give a large credit union's perspective on the need for such a program at precisely this...

Consumers have been bouncing checks as long as there have been personal checking accounts. And just as long, they have been aware that besides the financial sting of costly, multiple, punitive fees imposed for such bad behavior, being the instigator of a NSF (non-sufficient funds) check carries with it a...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - It was a great day to hit the links when Pen Air Federal Credit Union hosted its third annual charity golf tournament at the A.C. Read Golf Club at NAS-Pensacola to benefit the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. With a golf course packed to capacity, the $516 million...

WASHINGTON-In a letter to key federal lawmakers last week, CUNA President and CEO Dan Mica recommended that any economic stimulus package passed by Congress should include a limited tax exclusion for individual interest income. "Allowing the exclusion of both dividends received and interest income from taxation would encourage additional savings...

WASHINGTON-NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar has been named the new vice chairman of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. "I am honored to have been selected to serve as vice chair." Dollar commented. "Having a seat at the table does benefit credit unions and NCUA." He explained that NCUA had been...

Hanscom Federal Credit Union, Hanscom AFB, Mass., has recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. To celebrate the milestone the credit union will offer members a weekly Golden Dollars Giveaway. Each week for the entire year, a member of Hanscom FCU will be selected to receive $50 in golden Sacajawea dollars. St....

NEEDHAM, Mass. - A TowerGroup study finds that identity theft while hard on members, is equally tough on financial institutions. According to the study titled Identify Theft: Lenders Are Victims, Too, U.S. lender losses due to identity theft total more than $1 billion annually. "Lenders have always been willing to...

DENVER - SunCorp has eclipsed the $3 billion in assets mark and has added a corporate CU network veteran to its ranks. SunCorp's assets have been bolstered by two major acquisitions in the last few years - first Rocky Mountain Corporate and then later Nebraska Corporate Central. It now serves...