Bison Federal Credit Union, Shawnee, Okla., has made plans to expand its 2,400 square-foot facility by 2,390 square-feet. Bank Design and Construction Company and K. Stuart Edwards, Consultant are serving as the designer and builder of this project. The new facility, estimated to be completed September 2002, will feature four...

RICHMOND, Va. - Susan Adams was named president of the newly formed CUSO - Premier Financial, LLC, jointly owned by Bellwood FCU, County of Henrico FCU and Entrust FCU. Premier Financial offers credit union members a full array of products and servicing using CUNA Mutual Group's MEMBERS Financial Services program....

BEDMINSTER, N.J. - Affinity Financial Services President Mark Cochran is a big fan of diversity. In fact, it is the diversity and breadth of products and services offered by the four business units under the Affinity Financial Services CUSO umbrella that Cochran says allows the operational CUSO to ride out...

WASHINGTON - CUNA's Assistant General Counsel Jeffrey Bloch sent off a comment letter to the Federal Reserve Board at one time notifying the agency that it agrees with the Fed's proposed revisions to Reg Z, Truth in Lending, as a way to ensure fairness for consumers in lending and also...

MADISON, Wis. - Despite an unprecedented level of cooperation between Wisconsin's banking and credit union industries and broad bipartisan support, A.B. 299, dubbed the "Financial Modernization Bill," remains mired in committee, although banking and credit union representatives are still hopeful the bill will become law before the Wisconsin Legislature adjourns...

ARLINGTON, Va. - NASCUS President Doug Duerr and Chairman Jerrie Lattimore, administrator for the Credit Union Division of North Carolina, met with NCUA's two newest board members, JoAnn Johnson and Deborah Matz, on Feb. 1 and left feeling "encouraged by the immediate flexibility of both members to accommodate quality meeting...

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. - Credit unions may not have seen the end yet in the case involving the Missouri Bankers Association's challenge of the field-of-membership expansion approval granted TelComm Credit Union (formerly Springfield Telephone Employees Credit Union). For now though, after months of appeals filed by the MBA and Century...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - With one year's worth of trust services experience under its belt, UniTrust Financial Services LLC has reassessed its goals and repositioned itself to emphasize its trust advisory capabilities. "We are not purveyors of products, we're advisors," said Chris Langley, UniTrust's chief operating officer. "Our only product is...