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It's not often you see NCUA leaders decked out in Hawaiian garb - especially if they're not in Hawaii. In this shot Anita Santarelli, Production Manager for Counter Intelligence Associates works around NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar's leis to adjust his microphone. Dollar took advantage of videoconferencing to address NAFCU's Annual...

VACAVILLE, Calif. - When you're big, and your smaller neighbor needs help, why not pitch in? That attitude backs efforts by Travis Credit Union to help launch a new credit union expected to open its doors in a few months to serve the area's Hispanic residents, and it bespeaks the...

Kitsap Credit Union, Bremerton, Wash., has named Marianna Nye Puget Sound Naval Shipyard branch manager; Brenda Peterson support services manager and Kathy Thompson Poulsbo branch manager. Hawaii State Federal Credit Union, Honolulu, has elected the following officers to its board: Beverly Ing Lee, chair; Andrew Endo, vice chair; Louise Akamine,...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-US Federal Credit Union of Minnesota was given the green light to offer a self-funded, short-term disability plan to cover employees during the wait period for the long-term disability policy to kick in. In doing so, though, NCUA Associate General Counsel Sheila Albin cautioned in a recent NCUA legal...

HERNDON, Va. - NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association NACHA estimates that the dollar amount of online bill payments could surpass $200 billion in 2003. "Online bill payment is now a mainstream consumer activity," said Elliott C. McEntee, President and Chief Executive Officer of NACHA. "Tens of millions of consumers...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Carolina Collegiate Federal Credit Union has joined forces with Accel Members Financial Management to offer members and their families unlimited access to free financial education and counseling services. The Accel program helps members with personal and family budgeting; credit report reviews; money management; debt repayment; and avoiding...

Like many persons involved in credit unions, I work hard to keep current with the ever-lengthening list of credit union issues. Yet, it often seems that the more information I digest, the more I end up with more questions than answers. Questions like these: What will it take for lawmakers,...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.- Payable-on-death accounts are not a required offering of federal credit unions, but NCUA Associate General Counsel Sheila Albin said she did find it odd that a credit union did not. "While the FCU Act does not require FCUs to provide POD accounts, we find it unusual for an...