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...

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...

WASHINGTON-In response to critics questioning what credit unions are doing to serve the record number of underserved areas they are adopting, NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar announced last week that the federal credit unions that have adopted underserved areas since the Access Across America initiative have grown 93% faster than the...