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        "uri": "/2008/01/25/ncua-increases-fcu-fees-on-average-by-6-7-and-abbreviates-exam-cycle/",
        "title": "NCUA Increases FCU Fees on Average By 6.7% and Abbreviates Exam Cycle",
        "byline": "Claude R. Marx",
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        "prettyDate": "January 25, 2008",
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        "summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Federal credit unions will pay the NCUA an average of 6.7% more next year in operating fees and possibly as much as 12% more, based on asset size, according to the rate structure approved by the agency at its Nov- ember meeting.",
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        "uri": "/2005/10/11/texas-cuso-aims-for-statewide-business-niche/",
        "title": "Texas CUSO Aims for Statewide Business Niche",
        "byline": "Claude R. Marx",
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        "prettyDate": "October 11, 2005",
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        "summary": "FORT WORTH, Texas - Five credit unions covering the state's major population centers have combined to create one of the state's largest credit union service organizations in a bid to boost member services and expand their niche in small and mid-sized commercial markets primarily served by community banks. Based on...",
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        "uri": "/2005/10/11/data-swap-takes-texas-credit-union-live-in-ritas-wake/",
        "title": "Data Swap takes Texas Credit Union Live in Rita's Wake",
        "byline": "Claude R. Marx",
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        "prettyDate": "October 11, 2005",
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        "summary": "FORT WORTH, Texas - After a deadly twister ripped through the heart of Fort Worth in March 2000, Bill Burrows knew what his counterparts to the south might be facing from Hurricane Rita. EECU took such a heavy hit from the March 28 twister that the downtown-area icon had to...",
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        "uri": "/2005/10/11/credit-unions-reawaken-from-rita-on-generator-power/",
        "title": "Credit Unions Reawaken From Rita on Generator Power",
        "byline": "Claude R. Marx",
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        "prettyDate": "October 11, 2005",
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        "summary": "FORT WORTH, Texas - When Debra Cash and Pat White reopened their credit Union Pacific Railroad Credit Union in the rail yard of Union Pacific Railroad Oct. 3, the only loss was the typewriter. But like Texans running many of the 48 credit unions with 66 branches in the path...",
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        "uri": "/2005/09/27/texas-cus-opening-doors-for-new-generation-of-hispanics-in-underserved-market/",
        "title": "Texas CUs Opening Doors for New Generation of Hispanics in Underserved Market",
        "byline": "Claude R. Marx",
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        "prettyDate": "September 27, 2005",
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        "summary": "FORT WORTH, Texas - Punctuated by the hoof beats of the Texas longhorns parading on cue from dusty pens to the duded-up tourists crowding Exchange Avenue, much about life and commerce in the Fort Worth Stockyards turns on tradition. That goes for the Hispanic residents whose modest frame homes have...",
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        "uri": "/2005/09/20/texas-credit-union-legislative-coalition-builds-buffer-as-tax-threat-simmers/",
        "title": "Texas Credit Union Legislative Coalition Builds Buffer as Tax Threat Simmers",
        "byline": "Claude R. Marx",
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        "prettyDate": "September 20, 2005",
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        "summary": "FORT WORTH, Texas - Texas credit unions are all too aware of just how close they came earlier this year to being taxed. But some may not know that the defeat of the initiative was partly due to the efforts of an unusual lobby group that runs alongside, but independent...",
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        "uri": "/2005/08/30/texas-regulator-warns-cus-to-comply-with-bsa-or-face-the-consequences/",
        "title": "Texas Regulator Warns CUs to Comply with BSA or Face the Consequences",
        "byline": "Claude R. Marx",
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        "prettyDate": "August 30, 2005",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - With banks facing record fines over violations of the revamped Bank Secrecy Act, federal and state regulators are turning the spotlight on the nation's credit unions. And the penalties for failing to report suspicious activity or to identify customers covered under the anti-money-laundering provisions of the...",
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        "uri": "/2005/07/19/texas-credit-union-regulator-keeping-an-eye-on-influx-of-banks-into-state/",
        "title": "Texas Credit Union Regulator Keeping an Eye on Influx of Banks into State",
        "byline": "Claude R. Marx",
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        "prettyDate": "July 19, 2005",
        "timeToRead": "6 minute",
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        "summary": "FORT WORTH, Texas - Amid profound shifts in the financial landscape that have made Texas a prime target for mergers and acquisitions, the state's 641 credit unions are feeling the impact of a banking boom that resounds from North Carolina to New York. Credit union managers and regulators across the...",
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