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"summary": "WASHINGTON-Initially believing the organization would have little trouble renting out prime office space in Washington, D.C., CUNA moved to a new, larger office space about a year and a half ago. However, the terrorist attacks of September 11 seemed to make office space seekers squeamish about being so close to...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - Credit unions raised approximately $190,000 before the starting gun went off for the 2003 Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run and money is still rolling in. Total funds raised last year came to $65,000. The final tally for the 2003 race will not be in for a...",
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"title": "Callahan & Associates' President and Colorado Regulator Spar on Private Insurance",
"summary": "WASHINGTON-As debate on credit union private deposit insurance heats up, making public remarks on the issue is not for the faint of heart. In a March 28 letter, Callahan & Associates President Chip Filson urged Colorado Financial Services Commissioner David Paul to dig deeper and continue consideration of allowing the...",
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"title": "WesCorp Webcast Looks at Effects of War in Iraq",
"summary": "SAN DIMAS, Calif. - WesCorp Investment Services, LLC, a wholly owned broker/dealer subsidiary of WesCorp, will host its second-quarter complimentary Webcast on Tuesday, April 15 at 2:45 p.m. PDT. The Webcast will originate at The Ritz-Carlton, Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, Calif., and be presented in conjunction with WesCorp's...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - If credit unions have been sensing that competition for the small business market has increased, their suspicions aren't wrong. A study released by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), \"Credit, Banks and Small Business - The New Century\" found that 42% of surveyed small-business owners believe competition...",
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"summary": "ALBANY, N.Y. - There's no question corporate credit union competition has heated up in recent years (especially in certain pockets of the country), but cooperation is still very much alive, as most recently seen in the growth of corporate credit union partners in a business services CUSO. Empire Corporate FCU...",
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"summary": "NORFOLK, Va.- NCUA Vice Chair JoAnn Johnson took the opportunity during an address to the Virginia Credit Union League's 69th Annual Meeting to outline the agency's recent changes to the Chartering and Field of Membership Manual and the proposed member business lending rule. Johnson explained that the new chartering and...",
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"uri": "/2003/04/15/report-on-credit-counseling-practices-by-new-breed-of-credit-counseling-agencies-shows-problems-for-consumers/",
"title": "Report on Credit Counseling Practices by \"New Breed\" of Credit-Counseling Agencies Shows Problems for Consumers",
"summary": "WASHINGTON - The National Consumer Law Center and Consumer Federation of America released the findings of their report, \"Credit Counseling in Crisis,\" on the \"severe threat to consumers from a new generation of credit-counseling agencies,\" and the findings are sobering. The study found that, unlike most creditor-funded counseling agencies that...",
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"title": "Four Iowa Community CUs Recognized as Top FirstHome Lenders",
"summary": "DES MOINES, Iowa - Dupaco Community CU, DuTrac Community CU, Collins Community CU and Iowa Community CU were recognized by the Iowa Finance Authority as being among the top 25 community mortgage lenders in the state's 2002 FirstHome program that facilitates affordable mortgage financing for qualified homebuyers in Iowa. Only...",
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"summary": "FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - A program to encourage \"unbanked and underserved\" consumers to access mainstream financial services has been launched across an eight-state western region under the lead of the Washington Credit Union Foundation. Funded with a $532,570 U.S. Treasury grant, the \"Economic Power Project\" is designed \"to get currently...",
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"title": "Twenty-five Years Strong, American Bar Association's Credit Union Committee Tackle Increasingly Complex Legal Issues",
"summary": "CHICAGO - They represent the legal voice for credit unions as the industry continues to grapple with a number of new territories all the while fending off perennial attacks from the banking groups. Formed nearly 25 years ago, the Credit Union Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA) boasts 168...",
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"summary": "HINESVILLE, Ga. - Elaine R. Tuten, chief executive of Fort Stewart Georgia Federal Credit Union here, knows how important war news is to her employees, which is why the TV in the CU's board room \"is on all the time and we send out an alert to our staff to...",
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"summary": "CLEARWATER, Fla. - Almost 150 credit unions in Colorado will have access to Card Services for Credit Unions' Virtual Card Consultant under a membership agreement the association has signed with CSCU. Under the agreement 146 credit unions, or about 70% of the Colorado league's institutions will participate. \"CSCU offered us...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar requested an additional $1 million over last year's government appropriation for the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund, bringing the total request to $2 million. In the same request, he asked for the usual $1.5 billion borrowing authority for the Central Liquidity Facility, but slightly reduced...",
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"summary": "Wisconsin Tissue Employees Credit Union, Neenah, Wis. has changed its name to Evergreen Credit Union. Hawthorne Credit Union, Nev., has changed its name to Financial Horizons Credit Union. U Lane O Credit Union, Eugene, Ore., has changed its name to Oregon Community Credit Union. Bell-Tel Credit Union, Orlando, Fla., has...",
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"summary": "DENVER - Colorado State Employees Credit Union is hoping golfers will be ready to hit the links during its 12th annual golf tournament to benefit the Colorado State Employee Assistance Program Emergency Assistance Fund. Funds raised during the event helps state employees in crisis situations by providing them with short-term...",
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"summary": "MANCHESTER, N.H. - Long before most credit unions ever heard the phrase `member business lending' or NCUA had a regulation on the product, New Hampshire's credit union code allowed state-chartered credit union to offer member business loans. What can other credit unions considering venturing into MBL territory learn from their...",
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"summary": "COLUMBIA, Md. - Robert Steil has worked with the Maryland Credit Union League for 25 years, the last six as its president/CEO. But now the League Board has decided it wants the organization to go in a \"new and different direction,\" so Steil's contract will not be renewed when it...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - Newtek Small Business Finance, the small business lender of Newtek Business Services Inc., is one of only 14 companies in the U.S. that is authorized by the SBA as a Small Business Lending Company. An SBLC is a non-depository institution licensed and regulated by the SBA to make...",
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"summary": "PLANO, Texas - Data processor provider Aurum Technology has made three key hires for its credit union division. Kathy Groves recently joined Aurum Technology as regional vice president of business development for the Eastern region of the credit union division. Grove's credit union credentials include 17 years of core processing...",
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"summary": "COLUMBIA, S.C. - After trying unsuccessfully for four years to move a predatory lending bill out of committee, South Carolina's credit unions are celebrating winning what they're referring to as \"a significant battle for the state's consumers.\" On April 2, members of the state House passed a bill (H.3616) that...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-Margaret Durbin Condrill, former minority chief counsel and staff director for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined CUNA's lobbying team April 7. She is serving as CUNA's new legislative affairs manager. Condrill's rsum and connections are quite extensive. She worked closely with now-Financial Services Committee Chairman Mike Oxley (R-Ohio)...",
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"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - A new ATM partnership that aims to sharply broaden the public's access to surcharge free ATMs could significantly change the already rapidly shifting ATM and EFT industries, and is already having effects on credit unions. ATM National, based in Rockville, Maryland has launched its much anticipated Allpoint...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - Using words and phrases such as \"anti-competitive,\" and \"significantly damaging to small businesses,\" U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) sharply criticized HUD's proposal to revamp the Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act (RESPA) during the Senate Banking Committee's hearing on HUD's proposed RESPA rule. Shelby said simplifying the paperwork involved...",
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"summary": "Many thanks to Mike Welch for keeping everyone focused on what's really involved in NAFCU's public campaign against private insurance. It's not the merits of private insurance, but the wisdom of publicly debating the merits. Credit unions currently have much more to consider and be prepared to debate in public...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The NCUA Board announced last week that Deputy Executive Director Mark Treichel has been selected to replace Region I Director Layne Bumgardner who retired April 3. As Region I Director, based in Albany, N.Y., Treichel will be responsible for managing the agency's supervision and examination program for the states...",
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"title": "Louisiana Credit Union League Mourns \"Senseless\" Killing of Staffer",
"summary": "HARAHAN, La. - Catherine Mayeux, 40, Louisiana Credit Union League member services consultant for the New Orleans and Bayou areas, was killed recently by her estranged husband in what the League described as \"a senseless act of violence.\" \"We mourn the loss of a mother, a daughter, a friend, and...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-House Judiciary Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) recently introduced a bill to prevent the abuse of involuntary bankruptcy filings. The Involuntary Bankruptcy Improvement Act of 2003 (H.R. 1529) states that if an involuntary bankruptcy case against an individual is dismissed as \"false or contains any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement,\"...",
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"title": "A New Look, A New Feel: CUES Unveils New Web Site",
"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - Better navigation and search capabilities, and more help along the way, are among enhancements on the Credit Union Executives Society's newly redesigned Web site at www.cues.org. \"With improved navigation and a more precise search engine, our members won't waste valuable time hunting for information. In most cases,...",
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"title": "Special Report: MBLs/Small Business",
"summary": "With proposed new member business lending rules out for comment, credit unions are gearing up to start offering the product to members. See pages 18-20 and find out what some of those who've already taken the initiative have learned.",
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"uri": "/2003/04/15/asi-stats-raises-eyebrows/",
"title": "ASI Stats Raises Eyebrows",
"summary": "Maybe I am missing something but the Five-Year Financials of ASI published in your March 26th issue do not give me greater confidence that a private insurer should be insuring credit unions. If I am reading the reports correctly the Reserve for guaranty losses (in 2002) dropped $2.3 million which...",
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"uri": "/2003/04/15/california-credit-unions-team-up-with-santa-clara-county-to-fight-financial-abuse-of-eldery/",
"title": "California Credit Unions Team Up with Santa Clara County to Fight Financial Abuse of Eldery",
"summary": "SUNNYVALE, Calif. - A campaign designed to increase awareness and prevent financial abuse of the elderly is being launched by several credit unions and other financial institutions and the Santa Clara County Department of Aging and Adult Services. The Financial Institutions Project is based on a program developed at Star...",
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"uri": "/2003/04/15/co-op-network-rule-forces-cus-to-pull-out-of-other-surcharge-free-networks/",
"title": "CO-OP Network Rule Forces CUs to Pull Out of Other Surcharge-free Networks",
"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - CO-OP Network member credit unions will not be able to belong to any other surcharge-free ATM networks past December 31, 2003. Members may also be asked to resign from so called selective surcharge groups, according to the CO-OP Network. The CO-OP Network is however making a distinction...",
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"uri": "/2003/04/15/actors-fcu-mbls-give-performing-artists-chance-to-promote-their-talents/",
"title": "Actors FCU MBLs Give Performing Artists Chance to Promote their Talents",
"summary": "NEW YORK - With nearly 15,000 members who work or are affiliated with the Broadway theatre and entertainment community, Actors FCU is accustomed to processing loans for purposes a bit off the beaten path from what most credit unions are used to handling. So when one its members who worked...",
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