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"summary": "Pacific NW Federal Credit Union, Bellingham, Wash., has awarded two $750 college scholarships to Aaron Drais and Ernest Esres. Students were selected based on academic achievement, community involvement and responses to the essay question \"Why Credit Unions are an Important Consumer Choice\". Caltech Employees Federal Credit Union, La Canada Flintridge,...",
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"summary": "CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - What could be better after enjoying a minor league baseball game than driving away as the winner of a used car. Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union has recently received recognition for its sponsorship of the Chattanooga Lookouts' Annual Used Car Night by Used Car News, a national...",
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"summary": "Credit Union ONE, Ferndale, Mich., has re-elected the following officers to its board: William Coyne chairman, Richard Bahls vice-chairman, Armando Cavazos treasurer, and Paul Stuart secretary. Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union, St. Paul, Minn., chief information officer Keith Malbrue, has been elected as a director for the national Ultradata Executive...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-In response to the recent exposure of credit unions to criminal entities using their names or similar names in advertisements and online, NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar issued a Letter to Credit Unions (03-CU-12) suggesting that credit unions help police the problem. \"In response to all of these fraudulent activities,...",
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"summary": "I am in strong agreement with Publisher Mike Welch with the points he made in his June 25th column \"CUs Need to Hire Full-Time PR Professionals.\" For 65 years Credit Union ONE, an open chartered credit union in Ferndale, Mich. has successfully maintained a balance between marketing and public relations/community...",
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"title": "AACUL Raising Money for UBIT Defense Fund; Tentative Target is $1 Million",
"summary": "WASHINGTON - Though still in the very early stages, the American Association of Credit Union Leagues has decided to start a fund to help defend credit unions in their fight against the IRS' Unrelated Business Income Tax. UBIT was a major topic of discussion at AACUL's recent summer meeting, and...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-CUNA wrote a letter of thanks to Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Senator Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) for introducing legislation designed to bolster financial literacy. S. 1470, The Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Act proposes increasing financial literacy and education opportunities and calls for the development of...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - Membership in credit unions around the world continues to grow and shows no signs of slowing, the 2002 Statistical Report from World Council of Credit Unions shows. According to WOCCU, credit union membership worldwide increased 5.34%, from 112 million to more than 118 million members. There are...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-The Credit Union Economics Group's most recent quarterly report predicts the economy will pick up slightly for the rest of 2003 and into 2004. \"We are beginning to feel the impact of the federal tax cut and government spending programs,\" CUNA Mutual Economist Dave Colby said. \"While there is a...",
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"summary": "Following Louisiana's Hurricane Lili in October 2002, CUNA Vice President of Information Services Dave Klavitter was on the scene as the storm subsided. Klavitter was one of 14 public relations volunteers of more than 3,000 total volunteers for the American Red Cross, which was assisting in the clean up. It...",
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"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - VISA, the largest credit card brand in the U.S. has announced changes to its card platforms that could significantly strengthen the relationships between credit unions and their cardholders. The card association has removed almost all of the card enhancements that it used to mandate for each card...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-The Missouri Supreme Court is slated to hear on Sept. 10 arguments in a field of membership lawsuit brought against TelComm Credit Union by the bankers. The lawsuit, brought by the Missouri Bankers Association and Century Bank of the Ozarks in 2001 against TelComm Credit Union, the Missouri Division of...",
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