WASHINGTON-On the heels of the General Accounting Office's report (03-971) released earlier this year, the omnibus appropriations package for fiscal year 2004 includes language directing the Federal Trade Commission to enforce most of the credit union-related provisions in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act. Section 151 of FDICIA required...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Comments on NCUA's proposal to require more detailed disclosures from credit unions that are considering switching to mutual bank charters ranged from those who thought the proposal did not go far enough and was illegal, to those who believed NCUA should simply stay out of the matter...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Credit unions are taking off the gloves to fight fraud in all its forms. For the past 26 years, San Antonio Federal Credit Union Internal Audit Senior Vice President James Peters and his team of 10 have battled fraud by keeping staffers updated and educated....

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Nicholas Owens, NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar's special assistant for public affairs, was slated to participate in a White House Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The conference, set for Friday, Dec. 5 in Tampa, Fla., included representatives from the office of Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and the U.S. Departments...