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• Credit Unions Not Getting Pampered With a Spa Day

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  April 10, 2013

  Some dustups have taken place or are in the works that are affecting credit unions. It’s enough to clog your pores, so I’m going to just clean that up a little bit with an apricot scrub. (I’ll apply a light cleanser to that mixed metaphor while I’m at it.)

• Baltimore's MECU Agrees to Buy Local Bank

  By Marc Rapport  |  April 4, 2013

  Purchase would mark fourth credit union takeover of bank in past year and a half.

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  Fiscal Cliff Could Curse New Mexico

  By Candice Reed  |  December 5, 2012

  As of June 30, New Mexico credit unions were thriving with a return on assets of 101 basis points, according to NCUA quarterly mapping data. That’s well above the national average of 0.86% ROA. However, the so-called fiscal cliff could curse profitability for credit unions in the Land of Enchantment.

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  New Mexico: Fiscal Cliff Could Curse the Land of Enchantment’s CUs

  By Candice Reed  |  November 6, 2012

  While ROAA is well above national average, dependence on government jobs could make New Mexico and its credit unions vulnerable to fiscal cliff.

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  Moldova, Colombia Provide New Members for WOCCU

  By Marc Rapport  |  April 18, 2012

  The World Council of Credit Unions has two new members: a cooperative holding company from Colombia and Moldova’s credit union trade association.

• 121 Financial Helps Members Get Fiscally Fit

  September 18, 2011

  In addition to helping members become fiscally fit, 121 Financial Credit Union has partnered with WellCard Health to offer members discounted health services through its Benefits Plus program.

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  Build It, They Will Come? Hogwash, Says TruMark

  By David Morrison  |  March 16, 2011

  PHILADELPHIA — “You know that line about ‘if you build it, they will come?’” asked Oscar Torrealva, branch manager at the $1.3 billion TruMark Financial Credit Union's branch in the financially strapped Eastern North Philadelphia.

• Key Factors in Evaluating the Risk of Lending to Small Businesses

  August 25, 2010

  It's no secret that over the last three years, small business credit risk has increased at a distressing rate.