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"uri": "/2002/04/09/ncua-hires-new-paca-staffer/",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA has hired Molly Schar as its new writer/editor in the Office of Public and Congressional Affairs (PACA). She actually began work in late March. Schar previously served as editor and publisher of Midlands Woman Magazine in Columbia, S.C. The Maryland native also held positions as community director for...",
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"uri": "/2002/04/09/credit-unions-hail-reaffirm-ruling-in-u-s-appeals-maine-case-case-tackles-controversial-reaffirmation-issues-in-bankruptcies/",
"title": "Credit unions hail reaffirm ruling in U.S. appeals Maine case; case tackles controversial reaffirmation issues in bankruptcies",
"summary": "PORTLAND, Me. - Credit unions in New England and elsewhere are hailing a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling on debt reaffirmation as giving new support for bankruptcy policies long in existence at CUs. The March 26 ruling by a three-judge appellate panel in Boston on a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing...",
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"uri": "/2002/04/09/association-of-corporate-cus-to-study-future-role-of-corporates/",
"title": "Association of Corporate CUs to study future role of corporates",
"summary": "WASHINGTON - The Association of Corporate Credit Unions is going to commission a study to look at how corporate credit unions can best serve credit unions in the future. The study will be funded by an independent grant from U.S. Central Credit Union. It will be conducted by an outside...",
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"uri": "/2002/04/09/consumers-can-save-hundreds-by-throwing-selves-on-the-mercy-of-the-credit-card-companies/",
"title": "Consumers can save hundreds by throwing selves on the mercy of the credit card companies",
"summary": "WASHINGTON-According to a report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S.PIRG), a recent survey found that more than half of consumers who called their credit card company to complain about the interest rates were successful in cutting them by an average of one-third. In 2000, American households carried revolving...",
"byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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"title": "Looks like 2% RUDE ratio requirement won't make it in final Part 704",
"summary": "WASHINGTON - According to many in the corporate network, the dreaded 2% RUDE (reserves, undivided earnings) ratio as it was originally proposed in NCUA's Part 704 revision proposal will not see the light of day in the final reg. \"It looks at this point that the 2% RUDE is going...",
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"title": "As financial planning becomes more important, CFA and others rise to the occasion",
"summary": "WASHINGTON- CUNA, NAFCU and other CU groups are not alone in their quest to improve consumers' financial health. Last week, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) unveiled a new program to help middle- and low-income Americans manage their individual finances. The two groups have...",
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"title": "Oregon Telco opening first branch in August",
"summary": "PORTLAND - Taking advantage of its conversion to a community charter a year ago, the $538 million Oregon Telco Community Credit Union is opening its first branch in August in a Portland shopping mall. \"We recognized in our application that if we were really going to serve the marketplace we...",
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"uri": "/2002/04/09/branching-out-110/",
"title": "BRANCHING OUT",
"summary": "Nassau Educators Federal Credit Union, Valley Stream, N.Y., has held a grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Massapequa branch. Officials from the Town of Oyster Bay, credit union board members, management and staff, and representatives from the architectural firm that completed the project participated in the ceremony. The new branch...",
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"title": "SECU hopes lizard lures teens",
"summary": "RALEIGH, N.C. -State Employees Credit Union President/CEO Jim Blaine has a message for all teen members, \"Zard is coming!\" Kicking off on April 15, Zard is the $7.5 billion credit union's latest project geared to teens age 13 to 19. \"We've been working on this for about a year as...",
"byline": "Myriam DiGiovanni",
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"title": "In risky, cyclical mortgage lending business, origination and servicing outsourcing best solution for some Cus",
"summary": "INDIANAPOLIS - Increased member demand for mortgage lending hasn't changed the fact that the mortgage lending business is still too risky for some CUs to challenge. But 31 CUs throughout the U.S. are managing to defray the risks through mortgage lending partnerships with Irwin Mortgage. \"It's not about the size...",
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"uri": "/2002/04/09/growing-with-corporates/",
"title": "Growing with corporates",
"summary": "In journalism parlance, most news publications assign regular beats to specific editorial staff members. For example, Credit Union Times editor Paul Gentile has the corporate beat. In layman's terms, that means that Paul, in addition to his numerous other beats and responsibilities in getting this publication produced each week, must...",
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"title": "Corporate One may touch more CUs than any other corporate as a result of successful national programs",
"summary": "COLUMBUS, Ohio -Corporate One FCU certainly isn't the nation's largest corporate, but it may touch more natural person credit unions than any other. Through all of its product offerings, Corporate One has relationships with 2,059 of the nation's credit unions, spanning 41 states and Washington, D.C. Back in January of...",
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"title": "Dollar tells Big Apple credit unions to think even bigger with changed regulations",
"summary": "NEW YORK - Credit unions need flexibility to serve their current members and attract new ones in today's competitive financial marketplace. To NCUA, that means moving towards risk-based regulations, rather than having \"one-size-fits-all\" rules in place for credit union compliance, NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar told an audience of close to...",
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"title": "U.S. Treasury forced to temporarily suspend investing in securities fund to keep debt in check",
"summary": "WASHINGTON - Fearful of reaching the government's $5.950 trillion statutory debt cap and Congress' reluctance to raise that ceiling, the U.S. Treasury said it will temporarily suspend investing in the agency's government securities investment (G-Fund), which is one of five funds in the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). The investing...",
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"title": "Credit unions making impact with younger members",
"summary": "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - April is more than just crunch time for tax season. It is also the official month of financial literacy. With CUNA designating April 14-20 as National Credit Union Youth Week, here is a glimpse at what some credit unions have been doing to help out...",
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"summary": "CHATSWORTH, Calif. - Like neighborhood \"mom-and-pop\" grocery stores that offered only the staples - things such as milk, eggs and bread - and then watched as their customers fled for the convenience of shopping at full-service markets, credit unions that continue to offer only the basics and fail to meet...",
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"summary": "SAN DIEGO-NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar is taking the city of San Diego by storm. On the afternoon of Thursday, April 11, he will host an Open Forum discussion for California credit union volunteers, executives and staff, and later than evening he will speak at the Second Latino Credit Union Conference,...",
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"summary": "DETROIT - Want to lure a first-time mortgage borrower to select your credit union? Offer an attractive deal. Looking for repeat mortgage business? Fast, accurate responses are important when there's a question about the escrow fund or the mortgage statement. That's some of what J.D. Power and Associates found in...",
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"title": "Johnson addresses Massachusetts Credit Union League as confirmed NCUA Board member",
"summary": "BOSTON - JoAnn Johnson, in her first appearance before a league group since being confirmed as a NCUA Board member, spoke to credit union officials and executives gathered for the Massachusetts Credit Union League's Annual Governmental Affairs Day and emphasized to them the importance of CUs educating legislators about credit...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON- Last week NCUA filed a legal brief in the National Community Reinvestment Coalition's (NCRC's) case against the agency regarding the repeal process of the agency's Community Action Plan (CAP). NCRC filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Circuit January 2 of this year charging...",
"byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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"title": "Washington State Employees Credit Union uses old fashioned service to increase membership",
"summary": "OLYMPIA, Wash. - Bell-hop service in a downtown Tacoma, Washington five-story state employee office building? That's how Washington State Employees Credit Union is reaching more of its members and potential members by using a new sales technique known as \"elevator time\". Developed by Atlanta-based retail design/build firm International Banking Technologies,...",
"byline": "Myriam DiGiovanni",
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"title": "Postal rate hikes leave credit unions wondering what to do next",
"summary": "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - With postal rates increasing to three cents per stamp at the end of June, the majority of credit union marketers are left uncertain as to what they can realistically do to prepare for the pending postage rate hikes. Here are just a few suggestions from...",
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"summary": "There are a growing number of credit union-related events that have recently taken place that deserve comment. Here's a potpourri look at some of them: From news reports (I wasn't actually there), it appears that the so-called Great Debate in California between CUNA's economist Bill Hampel and ABA's economist...",
"byline": "Peter Westerman",
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"title": "Harvard study measures CRA impact, lays groundwork for potential congressional struggle",
"summary": "WASHINGTON - A comprehensive Harvard University study on the Community Reinvestment Act's (CRA) performance since 1993 both praises the Act's operation and makes a case for the need to update the Act more likely. Banker groups say they're ready for Congress to take a fresh look at CRA and consider...",
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"summary": "ALBANY, N.Y. - Empire Corporate Federal Credit Union celebrated its 25th anniversary on March 21. On March 21, 1977, NCUA approved Empire Corporate's charter to serve credit unions in the state of New York. From $123 in assets, Empire Corporate has grown to having over $4.4 billion in assets; holds...",
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"title": "Annual ALM check-ups no longer cut it in today's fast-paced economic environment",
"summary": "Credit union members expect more. Credit union members demand more. An increased emphasis on asset liability management (ALM) practices and procedures will significantly help credit unions operate more productively in an increasingly complex environment. In other words, credit unions will be able to do more. And that will not only...",
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"summary": "Pawtucket Credit Union, R.I., has promoted Frances A. DiFiore to marketing director and William R. Slade to vice president of information technology. In addition, PCU has named Kim Denny director of employee development and training.",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - Washington Postal Employees Federal Credit Union, the $18 million institution that found itself evicted when someone sent anthrax-laced letters through the warehouse-like Brentwood U.S. Postal in Washington D.C., still doesn't know when it will be able to return to its offices but remains committed to the building, according...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - The Filene Research Institute and the Center for Credit Union Innovation have released a new study of small credit unions that among other things measures their satisfaction levels of credit union data processing vendors. The study, \"Small Credit Union Data Processors: Survey Results\", includes CU ratings of...",
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"summary": "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - There's a buzz among corporate credit unions about the prospect of stepping up to help member credit unions serve business accounts. Kathy Garner, president/CEO of Northwest Corporate CU, Portland, Ore., said over the past two months the corporate has been looking at ways of helping...",
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"summary": "PORTLAND, Ore. - AssetExchange has found a creative way to thank credit unions for using its network to sell their credit card and other loan portfolios. The company will now donate $1,000 to a community-based charity of the credit unions' choice. The recently launched charitable contribution program has made its...",
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"summary": "Michigan First Credit Union, Detroit, Mich., Senior Vice President of Corporate Services Dolores Bogich has announced her retirement after 46 years of service . Bogich began her credit union career as a clerk in the mortgage department, while still attending high school and was instrumental in rolling out the credit...",
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"summary": "ORLANDO, Fla. - At its annual meeting here, Southeast Corporate FCU elected three directors to fill expiring terms on the board. Jim Mitchell, president/CEO of Army Aviation Center FCU in Dalesville, Ala.; and Ron Fye, president/CEO of Florida Commerce CU in Tallahassee, Fla., were each re-elected to three-year terms. Mitchell...",
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