ARVADA, Colo. - Carroll D. Beach, president of the Colorado and Wyoming Credit Union leagues won the opportunity to conduct the Aurora Symphony Orchestra at a special Aurora Chamber of Commerce event on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002. The credit unions in Aurora, Colorado, were the primary sponsors of the event....

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Representatives from credit unions throughout the state met at the Doubletree Hotel here January 31 for the Florida Credit Union League's 2002 Legislative Summit. Mark Flanagan (R-Bradenton), chairman of the Florida House Committee on Banking was scheduled to deliver the welcoming address. Other speakers scheduled to appear...

PLANO, Texas - Community CU filed seven applications with the state Credit Union Division - one for each of the geographic regions the $956 million credit union serves - to have the exclusionary language removed from its field-of-membership. Commissioner Harold Feeney said each geographic group is considered a separate community...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar complimented President George W. Bush's push for volunteerism in his State of the Union speech last week. He also noted that credit unions present a great opportunity for volunteerism. "[A]s America's spirit has been renewed and our values have strengthened in recent months, I especially...

MADISON, Wis.-CUNA Mutual Group has singled out Inacom Information Systems and Williams Young, LLC as "Preferred Partners" for credit unions looking for IT security programs that meet new NCUA regulations. NCUA Rule 748, which requires credit unions to develop written security programs and advises credit unions to apply tests to...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar hosted economic leaders from Kazakhstan at the agency's headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia last week. The group was expected to discuss the U.S. financial institution regulatory supervision, including enforcement and regulation compliance, human resource management, payment systems, and the regulatory structure and function of credit unions....

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration is not expected to include supervisory fees for state chartered banks to cover the cost of federal examinations in its 2003 budget plan, according to a report in the American Banker. Former President Bill Clinton originally threatened these fees at the beginning of his tenure, but Congress...

WALLINGFORD, Conn. - SmartSource Solutions wants to give credit union boards a chance to communicate and facilitate board activities online. The CUSO of the $1 billion Constitution State Corporate is offering e-boardroom for an annual license fee of $1,750. The product allows for the delivery of board packets electronically; an...