BURLINGTON, Vt.-Looking to add new revenue for next year to pay for added services, the Vermont Credit Union League this month is holding membership meetings to consider a dues increase for 2003. "This is the first time the League has asked for such an increase in 10 years, and it...

How quickly things can change for the high-profile regulator of federal credit unions and the insurer of all federal and most state chartered CUs. Most recent NCUA/NCUSIF headlines have all been of the good news variety starting with the elevation of popular Dennis Dollar to chairman and the addition of...

WASHINGTON-House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), also the bankruptcy reform conference committee chairman, thanked NAFCU for its support and hard work on the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 333). "As you know, the time for bankruptcy reform legislation is long-overdue," Sensenbrenner's letter read. "The conference report...

A viable dual chartering structure has been a cornerstone of our credit union system in this country since its earliest years. By "dual chartering" I mean not only the facts that credit unions have a choice of state or federal regulation, but that state and federal credit unions, as well...