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"summary": "RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Anthem Insurance Services, a subsidiary of Riverside County's Credit Union (RCCU), has been named the top insurance company in the area it serves in a \"Readers' Choice\" poll conducted by The Press-Enterprise newspaper. Anthem, which has grown from $10 million in premiums under management in January to...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - Marketers, sort through your best work because the CUNA Marketing Council is now accepting entries for the 2003 Diamond Awards competition. Diamond Awards are offered in thirty categories, offering credit unions multiple opportunities to enter and win. Credit union marketers judge entries based on criteria such as...",
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"title": "Beauprez wins by 122 in Colorado U.S. House race, but recount ordered",
"summary": "DENVER - An automatic recount was ordered Nov. 21 in that closest-ever U.S. House race for the state's 7th Congressional district after rural ballots showed Colorado bank executive Bob Beauprez, a Republican and opposed by the Colorado Credit Union League, winning the contest by 122 votes. Election officials said the...",
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"uri": "/2002/12/03/ficus-weather-slow-economy-well-loan-growth-remains-steady/",
"title": "FICUs weather slow economy well; loan growth remains steady",
"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va. - U.S. federally insured credit unions continued to demonstrate strong asset and savings growth throughout the first three quarters of 2002, while loan and income growth remain steady. The end of September was the first quarter that all federally insured credit unions filed quarterly call reports in light...",
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"summary": "Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union, Gaithersburg, Md., has sponsored two local organizations with financial, volunteer and educational support: Stepping Stones Shelter and Wells -Robertson House. Stepping Stones is the only homeless shelter for families in Montgomery County. The Welles-Robertson House is a home for recovering alcoholics and addicts. In addition, Mid-Atlantic...",
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"summary": "DALLAS - 7-Eleven Inc., is the latest to toss its hat in the insurance ring. Hoping that 7-Eleven customers will want auto insurance along with their Slurpee Big Gulp, the company has partnered with Public Access Insurance to offer a variety of automobile-related insurance services. With financial kiosks - called...",
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"title": "New `Vantage Credit Union' name aims to revise image beyond educational employee base",
"summary": "BRIDGETON, Mo. - After a year's worth of research from members and non-members which overwhelmingly revealed that Educational Employees Credit Union's name was \"not an accurate description\" of its membership, the credit union has moved forward with a name change. Effective Oct. 1, the new name is Vantage Credit Union...",
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"title": "Montana League hosts lawmakers as job of recodifying bill nears in '03",
"summary": "BILLINGS, Mont. - Looking to a planned recodification of the state's credit union code in January, the Montana Credit Union League concluded a special nine-day series of \"Legislator Appreciation and Education Nights\" here last week as the League tries to encourage more grassroots involvement from credit unions and their members....",
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"summary": "CUES, Madison, Wis., Products and Services Coordinator Cynthia Robey-Duncomb has been presented the President's Award for Outstanding Business Person of the Year from the Fitchburg Chamber of Commerce. Robey-Duncomb has been an active chamber member since July 2000. She has served as co-chairperson of the events committee and currently serves...",
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"title": "Record mortgage origination climate delivers more to CUs than just bigger loan portfolios",
"summary": "BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - Credit unions, like most mortgage lenders, have benefited from the record low interest rates over the past year. But interest rates will eventually start to turn up, and when they do CUs won't just walk away with larger mortgage portfolios, they'll also take with them valuable lessons...",
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"summary": "ROCKY HILL, Conn. - With only a little more than a month left to go until the end of 2002, executives at Integrated Loan Services (ILS), a unit of Fiserv Inc., compared notes and came up with their list of forecasts for the mortgage-lending environment in 2003. These are some...",
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"title": "Honda FCU retains former WesCorp leader Dick Johnson to help open branch in Canada",
"summary": "TORRANCE, Calif. - A recognized pioneer in the corporate credit union network, former WesCorp President/CEO Dick Johnson, may have more new ground to plow in the form of CUs branching into Canada. The $300 million Honda FCU, Torrance, Calif., retained Johnson to help in the CU's efforts to open a...",
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"title": "Central Florida EFCU weaves dreams into latest promotion",
"summary": "ORLANDO, Fla. - Central Florida Educators Federal Credit Union has turned one Native American legend into a marketing bonanza. \"We knew we wanted to develop a multi-purpose unsecured loan promotion and somehow during the brainstorming session the legend of the Native American dream catcher came to mind,\" said CFEFCU Senior...",
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"title": "Enjoying the holiday season without the steep price tag",
"summary": "MENLO PARK, Calif. - Even as one major CU vendor just announced it was eliminating its annual holiday party to save money, not having a holiday party can wind up being more expensive, according to an HR firm. According to OfficeTeam not only can it be done but it is...",
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"summary": "HARAHAN, Louisiana - Sylvester Kadzola, President/CEO of the Malawi Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives (MUSCCO), visited the Louisiana Credit Union League the week of Nov. 18th to learn from league officials how they manage their products and services, and about the relationship between the League and its regulatory agencies....",
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"summary": "LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. and CHICAGO - Talk about playing up your assets. Vista Federal Credit Union and United Airlines Employees Credit Union have pooled their resources to drum up some new members. During a three month summer membership campaign, new members referred friends and opened accounts at both credit...",
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"summary": "ONTARIO, Calif. - Credit union members whose ATM cards bear the CO-OP Network logo and who are passing through Los Angeles International Airport will be able to access fee-free ATM services through an agreement between the $3.8 billion American Airlines Federal Credit Union (AFFCU), based in Fort Worth, Texas, the...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - At press time, CUNA Mutual was still trying to hammer out a deal with its union over how many employees will be laid off. The company also has some work to do with its board of directors, as two recent resignations leave the board two people short....",
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"summary": "LATHAM, N.Y. - The New York State Credit Union League's Card Services program has negotiated an agreement with Certegy that will allow League-affilitiated member credit unions to offer their members $150,000 of travel insurance whenever they use their credit union card to purchase a ticket on a common carrier, whether...",
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"summary": "GARDNER, Mass. - It seemed like little more than serendipity back in March, 2001 when a local community development group began to have clients ready financially to buy some homes. The city of Gardner made some land available and a local technical school lost a bid for its students to...",
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"summary": "DES MOINES, Iowa - A.W. (Al) Jordan remembers even in 1938, how many consumers relied on finance companies that charged exboritant rates for small loans and carried stiff conditions. Out of this proliferation, Jordan, 95, recalls the impetus for starting Western Union Employees Credit Union and from that successful effort,...",
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"summary": "Over the past five years in Charlotte, N.C., the Spanish-speaking immigration population exploded! Unfortunately, so did the crimes against this new community. These immigrants, being a largely cash-and-carry society, were being robbed at gunpoint, having their homes broken into, and in some of the most horrific reports, being murdered for...",
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"summary": "WINSTON, N.C. - James Gilliam, a pioneer in the effort to bring credit union services to African-Americans and one of the leading lights of the community development credit union movement suffered a stroke and died on November 19. Gilliam was a co-founder and for many years the Treasurer/Manager of the...",
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"summary": "MONNET, Mo. - The merger of CU Solutions, Inc. and Jack Henry & Associates is truly a merger of new beginnings, say the companies' leaders. For Jack Henry, a name well-known in the banking arena but still finding its way on the CU scene, it's a way to start serving...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-Like Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, the banks and credit unions are at it again. While the tension between the banking industry and the credit union community is omnipresent, the stakes have risen with the latest proposed update to NCUA's field of membership (FOM) rules. \"It's indisputable that...",
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"summary": "BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Credit Union League added 61 affiliated credit unions to the California Credit Union League's bilingual, online Match Up Web site (www.howtojoinacu.org) that allows users to search for credit unions in various states they're eligible to join. The addition of the 61 Idaho CUs brings the...",
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"summary": "NEW YORK - Finally Experian, Ford Motor Company and other credit reporting bureaus may have their chance at prosecuting those behind what is being called the largest identity theft scheme in U.S. history. Three men have been charged with allegedly stealing credit information from more than 30,000 victims resulting in...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - In an effort to preserve brokerage service options for credit unions, CUNA met with SEC and NCUA officials Nov. 21 to come up to speed on issues related to contracting with CUSOs for brokerage arrangements and explore other outlets. CUNA's Brokerage Activities Task (BAT) Force met with Catherine...",
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"summary": "SAN JOSE, Calif. - Technology Credit Union has become the latest member of the ever-growing billion-dollar credit union club. \"We're delighted to have reached a major milestone in our growth,\" said Tech CU President/CEO Kenneth D. Burns. \"But our primary focus continues to be providing valuable products and exceptional service...",
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"summary": "University Federal Credit Union, Austin, Texas, has named Chris Miller risk manager. Security Service Federal Credit Union, San Antonio, Texas, has promoted Julie Baloa to Uvalde Service Center manager. Del Norte Credit Union, Santa Fe, N.M., has promoted Dwayne B. Herrera to vice president, corporate development; Kim Currie to regional...",
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"summary": "HOUSTON - Residents here will soon learn the difference between a bank and a credit union as Members Choice Credit Union CEO Barbara Sheffield hits the airwaves. Sheffield will be the featured guest on a 30-minute segment of the \"Dick Alford Financial Show,\" which helps consumers plan their financial futures....",
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