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"summary": "WASHINGTON-CUNA's Small Business/SEG Services Committee members learned several ways in which credit unions can participate in Small Business Administration (SBA)-backed loan programs. The committee hosted a summit between several federal regulators and lawmakers to discuss ways of expanding credit union member business lending. \"Any time you can have the key...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - CUNA Mutual Group has introduced two new MEMBERS Market Index Certificates to help credit unions offer members other investment options. The 1-year certificate provides a solution for members seeking maximum earning potential in the short term, but still wanting the flexibility to switch investment strategies if market...",
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"summary": "Middlesex Credit Union, Middletown, Conn., has kicked off a Community Service Project, which will benefit the food banks of Middlesex County for the remainder of 2002. Every six weeks, the items received by MCU will be donated to the food banks of Middlesex County. A different town will be selected...",
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"summary": "PASADENA, Calif. - Wescom Credit Union has celebrated the grand opening of its Glendora branch located inside Albertson's Supermarket. Members of the Glendora City Council and Chamber of Commerce attended the grand opening celebration. The full service in-store branch offers extended hours and marks Wescom CU's fourth supermarket branch. Recently,...",
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"summary": "RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - The California Credit Union League surprised retiring WesCorp CEO Richard Johnson on April 16 by naming the league's training facility at its Rancho Cucamonga offices, the Richard M. Johnson Training Center. Johnson will retire on May 22 after leading WesCorp for 25 years. At a surprise...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - Forget April 15th being tax deadline, consider it the credit union theme voting deadline. The World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. has for the first time this year encouraged credit unions, chapters, leagues and members to choose their favorite theme to celebrate International Credit Union Day. This...",
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"title": "re:Member Data firms up speaker list for strategic conferences",
"summary": "INDIANAPOLIS - Credit union data processor re:Member Data Services (RDS) has confirmed the speakers for its 2002 Strategic Partner Conference, taking place May 19 - May 22 at the Westin La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, Texas. Keynote speakers include Brett Christensen, of Lending Solutions, Inc., who is speaking about...",
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"summary": "Deere Harvester Credit Union, Moline, Ill., has promoted the following employees: Cheryl Frame to vice president of marketing/business development; Judy Temple to vice president of operations; and Lynn Reeves to Elmore Circle branch manager. In addition, DHCU has named Joyce Piechowski staff development manager. Service One Credit Union, Bowling Green,...",
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"title": "New York State Assembly passes bill allowing CU participation in development districts",
"summary": "ALBANY, N.Y. - The New York State Assembly on April 17 unanimously passed a bill by a vote of 146-0 giving credit unions permission to participate in the Banking Development District program which was created in 1997 to provide tax breaks to banks and thrifts that establish branches in underserved...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - CUES has partnered with Virtual CEO Inc. to bring credit unions CUES Best Practices Assessment, a suite of Web-based assessment tools providing CU management feedback on organizational performance as viewed by senior management, the board, staff and members. Each assessment-Executive, Board of Directors, Climate Plus, (taken by...",
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"summary": "Government Agencies Federal Credit Union, El Centro, Calif., has recently announced the retirement of Beverly Dawson, former President/CEO. Dawson has served GAFCU since 1985 and helped the credit union grow to $168 million in assets. GAFCU has appointed George Kirschner as the new president/CEO. Educational Employees Credit Union, Fresno, Calif.,...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON -- Credit unions serving federal financial regulators have seen their sponsors go through some rough times in recent years with hiring freezes and downsizing. Two of the three credit unions serving federal financial regulators have single sponsors and appear to be doing well, their CEOs reported and an analysis...",
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"summary": "PHILADELPHIA - After negotiations stalled on who should bear the expense of new-health care costs at Philadelphia Federal Credit Union, at least 47 employees belonging to one of the city's labor union groups stopped working on April 11, picketing the increase and also what some are calling \"unfair\" labor practices....",
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"title": "Virginia Credit Union closes two part-time branches",
"summary": "WASHINGTON - Virginia Credit Union, a state-chartered $884 CU with 145,000 members announced recently that it would close its branches serving Roanoke and the campus of Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg. \"The Roanoke branch was really something of an experiment for us,\" Kimberly Bolger, spokeswoman for the CU said. It...",
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"title": "Tens of billions in credit union assets have shifted charters, NAFCU says",
"summary": "WASHINGTON - In a recent meeting, NAFCU President Fred Becker told Rep. Michael Oxley (R-Ohio), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee that $33 billion in credit union assets moved from the federal to state charters in the last five years, according to NAFCU staff. \"We conveyed to Chairman Oxley...",
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"summary": "PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Networking of the face-to-face kind among a small group of credit union league presidents has resulted in the creation of an informal project to improve the technology, and thus the direct services, at those organizations. While it has no name, lead technology types from the Michigan, Ohio,...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis.-CUNA's Center for Professional Development is providing some new avenues for credit unions to learn how to expand their business lending services as part of an overall effort to help credit unions provide business services to their members. Opportunities for credit unions include the Business Lending and Services Institute...",
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"summary": "There are many ways to build a building, but all of them are not equal. Without apology, I am partial to the single source design-build process and I strongly recommend it to any financial professional planning a new facility. The team approach of the design-build method maximizes the cooperation of...",
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"title": "Who says high tech branches are synonymous with impersonal?",
"summary": "With technology becoming an integral part of meeting members' needs, today's credit union facilities have found the right balance between \"high-tech\" and \"high-touch\". Here are just a few examples of ways credit unions help members feel like old friends:",
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"uri": "/2002/04/23/minnesota-cu-protection-act-signed-into-law/",
"title": "Minnesota CU Protection Act signed into law",
"summary": "ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gov. Jesse Ventura signed into law on April 16 the Minnesota Credit Union Protection Act. The signing marks the successful end of an eight-month grassroots effort by the Minnesota Credit Union Network and credit unions in the face of opposition from banks who used their own...",
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"summary": "During the next five years 25% of credit union CEOs will retire. In addition, as the job gets more demanding and opportunities to relocate increase, many current credit union CEOs will probably be fired or quit. Opportunities for talented individuals to become a credit union CEO for the first time,...",
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"title": "Staff changes at Georgia Central Credit Union",
"summary": "DULUTH, GA - Georgia Central Credit Union has promoted Amy M. Fuller to Vice President of Marketing. Fuller was formerly Assistant Vice President, Marketing/Business Development, a position she attained after leading an initiative to create the corporate's Business Development division. \"Amy has exhibited exceptional professional skill and leadership ability during...",
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"summary": "FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - Mark Chatfield, who worked at the Texas Credit Union League from 1994-1999 and left to work at Professional Alternatives of Dallas as the company's president/CEO, has returned to work at TCUL as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. During Chatfield's earlier five-year tenure with TCUL,...",
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"title": "Banks not only financials pushing financial literacy, Mica tells American Banker",
"summary": "WASHINGTON - CUNA President/CEO Dan Mica penned a letter to the editor to the American Banker commending the newspaper for its recent editorial coverage of financial literacy programs, but Mica also expressed his disappointment that the article focused entirely on banks and bank-sponsored programs, and did not mention credit unions'...",
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"summary": "NAPERVILLE, Ill. - No one can accuse the $4.4 billion Mid-States Corporate FCU of sitting in the ivory tower and doling out products to its member credit unions as it sees fit. The corporate this quarter unveiled an innovative new program that is designed to give it a look inside...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - Oakland Catholic Credit Union in Troy, Michigan and Oakland County Credit Union in Waterford Michigan each recently invested $100,000 in the National Credit Union Foundation's (NCUF) Community Investment Fund (CIF), making Michigan the 28th state with credit unions backing the NCUF's grant making arm, according to Bruce Wheeler,...",
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