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NEW YORK -N.Y. Mayor Giuliani made a plea that Oregonians simply could not ignore. While "bright lights, big city" and Oregon are not commonly linked together, this past Columbus Day weekend changed all that when a delegation of more than 950 Oregonians landed in the Big Apple to show their...

NEW YORK - The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions' Fourth National Faith-Based Credit Union Conference will go on as planned at the Radisson Hotel, Birmingham, Ala, on Nov. 9-11. NFCDCU Executive Director Cliff Rosenthal said the federation recognizes that some people may be reluctant to travel and this...

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...

President George W. Bush spoke Sunday, October 7, at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial service in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The ceremony was to add 101 names of fallen firefighters across the country from 2000, plus a few from previous years. Bush thanked the firefighters for their service and noted the hundreds...

EUREKA, Calif. - A regional advertising campaign to promote awareness of credit unions throughout northwest California has been launched by seven credit unions in the area. The campaign comes about two years after a failed effort by the California Credit Union League to raise funds for an ambitious $12 million...

WASHINGTON-House Financial Services Chairman Michael G. Oxley (R-Ohio), Vice Chairwoman Marge Roukema (R-N.J.), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairwoman Sue Kelly (R-N.Y.) revealed a government loophole that makes identity theft easier, and they want the Social Security Administration (SSA) to do something about it. The most vulnerable identities are those...

WASHINGTON-Since the attacks of September 11, the same day Credit Union House was supposed to have its official ribbon-cutting ceremony, CUNA has had difficulty finding a date to reschedule the "Credit Union House Investor and Dedication Event." CUNA is working to reschedule something, but does not have a date set...

WASHINGTON-The House Financial Services Committee was gearing up to mark up the "Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001" (H.R. 3004) just after deadline. A similar bill was already approved unanimously by the Senate Banking Committee late last week and added to broader anti-terrorism legislation. The legislation is aimed at increasing the...