PHILADELPHIA - Though it was not the prime topic by a long shot, the banker attacks in Pennsylvania over three field-of-membership applications plus the trend toward more community charters were two issues that surfaced at the first meeting of the year for the Credit Union Council, a unit of the...

WASHINGTON - Alphonso Jackson was sworn in April 1 as the 13th Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development at a private ceremony at the agency, a day after the U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination. Jackson succeeds former HUD Secretary Mel Martinez who served in the Cabinet position...

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - Spurred by a newly-formed task force, the Texas Bankers Association has waged war against credit unions, and the Texas Credit Union League is retaliating. At the heart of the conflict is an article published in TBA's March 2004 magazine, Texas Banking, entitled "Toppling the tax-free Taj...

LANSING, Mich. - Three days after a federal judge threw out all but one of a plaintiff's claims in a class-action lawsuit against H&R Block and the bank it uses to issue tax Refund Anticipation Loans (RAL) - Household International Inc. - Commissioner Linda Watters of the Michigan Office of...