DALLAS - (06/30/06) The Federal Home Loan Bank ofDallas announced Thursday it plans to push its second quarterdividend up to a five-year high of 4.91%. That compares to a 4.45%payout for the first quarter, and one of 3.44% for the secondquarter last year. The dividends will be paid to the DallasBanks 890 members, including 36 credit unions, on June 30.Taking into consideration its retained earnings targets, as well ascurrent earnings expectations and anticipated market conditions,the Bank currently expects to pay dividends during the remainder of2006 at the low end of its target range of 0 to 50 basis pointsabove the average effective federal funds rate for the applicabledividend period.
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Todd Lane, the CEO of California Coast Credit Union, described an allegation by an executive at San Diego County Credit Union as "categorically inaccurate." The two institutions are locked in a legal fight after their agreement to merge turned contentious.
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Lake Shore Bancorp in Western New York has reached a "standstill agreement" with the Stilwell Group, which has promised not to force a merger or sale in the next three years.
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Swiss banking giant UBS Group received federal approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to convert its $1.6 trillion-asset UBS Bank USA from a Utah-chartered industrial bank to a national charter.
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Early industry reaction to the Federal Reserve's Basel III proposals points to potential capital relief for banks, though stakeholders say the complexity of the changes makes their overall impact unclear.
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Financial institutions that delay or fail to take this leap risk losing customers and revenue, said speakers at the inaugural On-Chain Executive Summit.
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CISA and Microsoft urge organizations to secure endpoint management systems as threat actors increasingly seek to disrupt operations with wiper malware.
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