WASHINGTON—Seeking to prepare interested parties for the fiscal year (FY) 2015 round of the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) has announced it will conduct a two-day workshop for potential applicants on April 30 – May 1, 2015 in Washington.
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EUGENE, Ore.—A suspicious package containing white powder has evacuated an office of the $18-bilion Pentagon FCU here as Investigators test the substance.
WASHINGTON—Two Kenyans won the Cherry Blossom Credit Union 10-Mile Run yesterday on a beautiful morning, with the event attracting thousands of people and raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for Children’s Miracle Network.
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple Watch, the subject of debate over what the technology will mean to the delivery of financial services, has already sold out during pre-ordering.
DENVER – Two Colorado congressmen helped arrange a meeting between the Federal Reserve, state financial institutions and representatives of the state’s marijuana business.
LONG BEACH, Calif.—SchoolsFirst FCU has made a $500,000 donation to the California State University Long Beach Urban Teacher Education Academy (UTEACH).
WASHINGTON—Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee have sent a letter to NCUA, the OCC, the Federal Reserve and the CFPB requesting that each publicly disavow their “past, present and future” involvement in Operation Choke Point, or any similar operations.
AUSTIN, Texas—Following a roundtable discussion Thursday with credit union officials from Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, NCUA Board Member J. Mark McWatters reiterated his position on the importance of the agency listening to credit unions.
ANACONDA, Mont.—Southwest Montana Community Credit Union is paying a first quarter 2015 bonus dividend to members of $200,000.
OLYMPIA, Wash.—Two bills that had the backing of the Northwest Credit Union Association have passed the Washington legislature and are now on their way to the governor for a signature.