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INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. - Another credit union has entered the insurance realm by purchasing an existing insurance agency. The $46 million Boise Employees Federal Credit Union has purchased Brekke Insurance Agency and renamed it Members-Plus, LLC. "We wanted to offer even more financial products to our members," said BEFCU President/CEO...

NEW YORK - In what can be considered a victory for both camps the verdict is finally in regarding the government's antitrust suit against credit card giants VISA U.S.A. and MasterCard International Inc. U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones has ruled that the two credit card companies, which control 75% of...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Corporate One FCU, one of the largest corporate credit unions in the country has reached an agreement with Area Financial Services Inc. (formerly known as Northwest Ohio Financial Services Inc.), a share draft and item processing CUSO jointly owned by seven CUs in northwestern Ohio, to acquire...

VIENNA, Va.- Navy Federal Credit Union started off its 2001 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) with Virginia Lieutenant Governor John Hager. CFC is the only authorized solicitation of federal employees in the workplace for charitable organizations. While Navy Federal is not a federal workplace, it participates in CFC under the Department...

Indiana Credit Union League, Indianapolis, has held a breakfast to celebrate a 63rd birthday for Dan Burton, Republican Congressman from the 6th District. A longtime friend and supporter of credit unions, Burton was joined by Millie Cox, League Vice President for Governmental Affairs and Indiana Credit Union League President and...

The purpose of credit unions is to promote the economic well being of all people, including those of modest means, through a Credit Union System which is cooperative, member-owned, volunteer directed, not-for-profit, and therefore tax-exempt; to provide a secure financial alternative for all consumers, and to provide financial and related...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Credit unions across the country were shocked to receive notification from American Express" in late July that the company would begin charging annual fees for participation in the American Express Travelers Cheque program. The fact that fees jumped from nothing to $4,000 in some cases was...