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"summary": "Publisher Mike Welch is right on the money in his April 9th column about how credit unions should approach an overdraft protection service. At Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union, we asked our members what features they wanted and were important to them with their checking accounts. Overwhelmingly they asked for some...",
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"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - NASCUS has circled the month of October on its calendar. That's when the NCUA Board is scheduled to take up the overhead transfer rate. With six months to go, NASCUS has been taking a new tack to bring about change to how the rate is derived and...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Part-time federal credit union employees are permitted to serve on a federal credit union's board of directors so long as the responsibilities as an employee are distinct from that of the board responsibilities, according to a recent NCUA legal opinion letter. The letter came in response to a request...",
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"summary": "NEW YORK - The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions and some individual CDCUs are stepping up their long-standing efforts to convince NCUA to modify or eliminate its policy on non-member deposits held by the community development institutions. Under current NCUA regulations, CDCUs can take deposits from non-members, traditionally...",
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"summary": "MAITLAND, Fla. - A new survey by Star Systems finds that despite the ongoing national debate over privacy versus security 92% of Americans think it is important that the government take action on the issue of identity theft. In addition, the Star Systems survey reveals that 74% of consumers are...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Region II Associate Regional Director John Owen Cole, Jr., has been named the new director of the agency's Office of Strategic Program Support and Planning. Starting June 24, 2003, Cole will be responsible as OSPSP director for providing expertise in investment and portfolio management and strategic planning. \"Owen...",
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"summary": "SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Digital Defense has grown to the point where it needs a consistent marketing voice, said the company. To do that it has hired the company's first-ever marketing director. The network security service provider to more than 100 clients in 43 states, including a number of credit...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-President George W. Bush told reporters last week that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan has performed well in his post and deserves another shot at the chairmanship. Whether he will re-nominate him or not is up in the air. \"The words speak for themselves,\" White House Press Secretary Ari...",
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"title": "Corporate Central Now Federally-Insured; Holding Open House in Minnesota as Mid-States Responds",
"summary": "HALES CORNER, Wis. and WARRENVILLE, Ill- Corporate Central CU and Mid-States Corporate FCU continue their competitive dance. The two corporates recently made moves in each other's states. Much of this newfound competition stems from when Corporate Central CU last year announced plans to more aggressively market to Minnesota CUs and...",
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"summary": "Earthmover Credit Union, Aurora, Ill., Board Secretary Carole Wampler has retired after serving on the board for the past 18 years. Royal Credit Union, Eau Claire, Wis., has named Dana Weigel Colby branch real estate originator/financial sales representative. USA Federal Credit Union, Troy, Mich., has elected Terry Pickard board director...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council released its revised Information Technology Examination Handbook, NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar announced in a Letter to Credit Unions (03-CU-07) recently. Earlier this year, FFIEC released a new Information Systems Examination Handbook revised from the 1996 edition. The current IT handbook is just as old...",
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"title": "Credit Union Times Vol. 1, No. 6 April 30, 1990",
"summary": "Looking back 13 years finds the American Bankers Association and the Independent Bankers Association of America swearing off public criticism of the credit union system and its insurance fund while pledging to continue the attack on CU taxation. \"The ABA strongly believes that now that credit unions have evolved into...",
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"summary": "Web technologies clearly have the potential to create a powerful support channel for members and staff. Imagine a system where members and staff (end-users) using only a Web browser could quickly find information from a central source, some of the information being accessible by everyone and some only being accessible...",
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"summary": "PEORIA, Ill. - While some members are being encouraged by their credit unions to use online billpay services instead of using checks to pay their bills, some others have difficulty just opening a checking account with a financial institution either because of lack of experience with consumer banking or past...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA announced the availability of grants to low-income designated credit unions participating in the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund's 2003 Student Intern Program. Applications for the funds must be submitted by May 16. The program requires the host low-income CU to partner with another credit union to provide a...",
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"summary": "NOVATO, Calif. - A training videotape to educate credit unions and other financial institutions about elder financial abuse will make its debut here May 1. The video will then be released nationwide. \"This video provides valuable training for all financial institution employees and can help us prevent the terrible losses...",
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"summary": "CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Credit union executives might want to take note that the competition is focusing on retaining existing customers and increasing the use of online bill pay as top e-commerce priorities. And CU managers frustrated with the struggle to synchronize information across channels as well as measure their return-on-investment...",
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"summary": "SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Conventional wisdom holds that billpay members are profitable members, and Schools Financial Credit Union now has more than three years of data to prove it. The $972-million CU rolled out its online bill payment service in September 1999 and has been keeping track ever since. It says...",
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"summary": "TROY, Mich. - Credit union data processor GALAXY Plus has a new leader who is pushing for a new image. Tim Milz has been named president of GALAXY, a Fiserv subsidiary. He assumes the post from Bob Miotke who retired after leading the company since 1989. Miotke has been in...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The credit union merger trend continued through the month of March with 24 credit unions merging with 24 others. According to NCUA's Regional Office Summary of Actions Taken Under Delegated Authority, 13 federal credit unions and 11 state charters merged into 12 federal credit unions and 12 state charters....",
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