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        "uri": "/2024/01/29/john-meeker-set-to-become-ceo-of-caltech-employees-fcu-in-april/",
        "title": "John Meeker Set to Become CEO of Caltech Employees FCU in April",
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        "prettyDate": "January 29, 2024",
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        "summary": "He will succeed current President/CEO Rich Harris, who plans to retire.",
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        "title": "The $5 Million Branch Manager",
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        "prettyDate": "January 26, 2024",
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        "summary": "Adriana Estrada-Avalos breaks her previous record of $4 million at The Family Credit Union.",
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        "uri": "/2024/01/24/two-men-plead-guilty-to-broadview-fcu-check-loan-fraud-case/",
        "title": "Two Men Plead Guilty to Broadview FCU Check & Loan Fraud Case",
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        "prettyDate": "January 24, 2024",
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        "summary": "Davon Parson and Dnauticah Taylor-Sterman conspire with a former credit union employee to steal member funds and loans.",
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        "uri": "/2024/01/23/former-cu-lending-executive-pleads-guilty-in-2-2-million-fraud-case/",
        "title": "Former CU Lending Executive Pleads Guilty in $2.2 Million Fraud Case",
        "byline": "Peter Strozniak",
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        "prettyDate": "January 23, 2024",
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        "summary": "Soundra Lopez, who approved more than 100 phony loans, is set to be sentenced in April.",
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        "title": "NCUA Approves Another Small CU to Merge Without a Member Vote",
        "byline": "Peter Strozniak",
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        "prettyDate": "January 22, 2024",
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        "summary": "Factory shutdown leads Waconized FCU in Texas to consolidate with 1st University CU, which serves Baylor University employees.",
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        "byline": "Peter Strozniak",
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        "prettyDate": "January 19, 2024",
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        "summary": "If approved, the combined organization would manage $3.3 billion in assets, 19 branches and nearly 180,000 members.",
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        "byline": "Peter Strozniak",
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        "prettyDate": "January 18, 2024",
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        "summary": "Tracy Mikulencak steals more than $300,000 from members, her teller drawer and the branch vault.",
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        "title": "Michigan First-Detroit Pistons Partnership Leads to a Slam Dunk Play for Members",
        "byline": "Peter Strozniak",
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        "prettyDate": "January 17, 2024",
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        "summary": "Basketball players pay off member loan balances worth more than $80,000.",
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        "title": "Iowa & N.D. CUs to Get $15 Million From Assets of Dissolved Corporate CUs",
        "byline": "Peter Strozniak",
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        "prettyDate": "January 12, 2024",
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        "summary": "The NCUA agrees to settle two lawsuits after a federal judge denies its motion to dismiss the case.",
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        "uri": "/2024/01/11/global-credit-union-plans-second-largest-bank-acquisition/",
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        "byline": "Peter Strozniak",
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        "prettyDate": "January 11, 2024",
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        "summary": "If approved by regulators and shareholders, the deal will substantially increase the CU's commercial loan portfolio and expand its market presence in Washington.",
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