CARMEL, Ind. and DALLAS - Allied Solutions, LLC is offering its ChargeGard product on a nationwide basis. Consisting of life, disability and involuntary unemployment insurance the ChargeGard program covers a member's credit card balances in emergency situations. According to Allied Solutions Sales/Retail Products Division President Pete Hilger, the program can...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - While ATM National (CU Times, Nov. 28) has recently announced plans of creating a new national surcharge-free ATM network, KeyCorp has been slowly building its own ATM network since mid-2000. The network, now eight strong with such players as Third Federal Savings and Loan; Westfield Bank; Western...

I was pleased to read the "Special Report" on corporates by Paul Gentile in the Oct. 24, 2001 issue of Credit Union Times. As in prior years, the five pages dedicated to the diversity of activities at the nation's corporate credit unions offer further affirmation of the value the corporate...

LATHAM, N.Y. - The potential "trickle down" effects of the events of September 11 were recently discussed over a series of meetings hosted by the New York State Credit Union League. Credit union managers, CEOs, staff, volunteers, local CUNA Mutual and Empire Corporate representatives all participated in the brainstorming sessions....

VIENNA, Va. - By yearend, Navy Federal Credit Union will be servicing over 91,000 first mortgage loans, totaling more than $10.3 billion outstanding. In addition, Navy Federal will close over $3 billion in first mortgages in 2001. During 2001 alone, Navy FCU's mortgage servicing portfolio grew over $1.3 billion, a...

NASA Federal Credit Union, Bowie, Md., has awarded the Mitchell-Beall Memorial Scholarship to eight graduating high school seniors. Recipients were selected based on a three-step evaluation of a written essay, questionnaire and personal interview. This year's essay topic was "My financial future for college and beyond and the role NASA...

WASHINGTON-The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act agencies, which include NCUA, will hold an all-day privacy notice workshop December 4 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The workshop will provide a forum to identify successful privacy notices stemming from the landmark modernization act, discuss strategies for communicating complex information, and encourage industry...

VIENNA, Va. - Just one month after launching its new platinum card, Navy Federal Credit Union has already reached over one-third of its 12-month projection with 5,200 accounts. According to NFCU Credit Cards Vice President Tom Steele, with over 769,000 accounts it its consumer credit card portfolio, totaling over $1.2...