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"title": "As LSI Evolves From Overflow and Off-hour Vendor to Primary Lending Channel, Disaster Recovery Had to Move in Step",
"summary": "ELGIN, Ill. - Lending Solutions, Inc. has come a long way and with it comes greater responsibility. Inching closer to processing its two-millionth loan application, LSI isn't just handling credit unions' off-hour and overflow applications any more - it has become the primary lending channel for many credit unions. \"We...",
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"summary": "State Employees Credit Union, Lansing, Mich., has celebrated the grand opening of its full-service Eastwood Towne Center Financial Solutions branch with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The branch features three ATMs as the primary source for day-to-day transactions. Pacific Service Credit Union, Walnut Creek, Calif., has broken ground on a new Fresno...",
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"summary": "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Awarding an annual dividend or bonus dividend as some CUs like to call it is a historic trait of cooperatives, yet CUs have varying philosophies on the practice. It was certainly the fashionable thing to do back in 2000 when lending was through the roof....",
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"summary": "VANCOUVER, Wash. - Ask Marv Showalter what were some of the pressing issues for the credit union industry nearly 30 years ago and one quickly gets a sense of dj vu. As a former director and chairman of the Credit Union Executives Society, Showalter, 69, testified in 1978 before Congress...",
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"summary": "KETTERING, Ohio - The City of Kettering has launched a pilot program to provide qualified homeowners with low cost home improvement loans, and selected Day Air CU as its partner in the community service program. The new Home Enhancement Loan Program (HELP) will provide qualified homeowners with a home improvement...",
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"summary": "SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Individual Development Account initiative really does work. It may not be much to the broader world of financial services, but the $1.4 million Bexar County Teachers FCU celebrated the graduation of one of its first Individual Development Account program participants. Elsie Pena, one of the...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act was supposed to deter bankruptcy abuse, but the Senate's failure to pass bankruptcy reform legislation this year means credit unions once again are left to their own devices to find ways to deal with abusive bankruptcy filings among their members....",
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"summary": "GLASTONBURY, Conn. - Macroeconomics and core processing don't often share the same sentence, but they come together when Louis Hernandez explains why he thinks his company and industry are having a fairly good year. \"While we like to take credit for having great products, the macro trends of our industry...",
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"title": "A Hosted Net Banking Solution Can Help Small to Mid-Sized CUs Stay Competitive Without Breaking the Bank",
"summary": "A quick look at recent NASDAQ performance tells any observer the tech sector has taken one of the worst beatings in history. Internet banking among financial institutions, however, tell a different story. Online Banking reported earlier this year that \"Looking back at the Internet gold rush, it's clear that most...",
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"title": "XCU Capital Partners With Phoenix National Trust in Growing Trust Market",
"summary": "CARLSBAD, Calif. - XCU Capital Corp. has garnered yet another alliance that will bring estate management services to more than 2.6 million credit union members. The credit union-owned broker/dealer has partnered with Phoenix National Trust, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of The Phoenix Companies, Inc., to provide such services as...",
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"title": "LLC Status for Banks Eliminates Double Taxation",
"summary": "In Mike Welch's November 13th column (\"Several recent opinions still playing out\"), he equated FDIC's proposal to allow banks to organize as Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) as giving \"more tax breaks for banks than those available via the Sub S Corp route.\" The last time I looked, FDIC does not...",
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"summary": "ARLINGTON, VA - The average credit card purchase is for more than double the average debit card purchase, according to cardweb.com. Based on data through the end of September, U.S. consumers made an average purchase of nearly $82.00 on their credit card while the average debit card purchase runs about...",
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"summary": "TORRANCE, Calif. - Due to some incorrect information provided, Credit Union Times recently reported that Honda FCU would be converting to a state charter to ease its efforts in branching out in Canada - in fact it is creating a separate state chartered credit union. \"We want to keep the...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON -There's priceless treasure waiting to be found in your credit union- employees. A recent NAFCU Flash Report survey finds that more credit unions are developing compensation and benefits programs to attract and retain staffers and even CEOs. According to the survey, creating an \"ideal\" CU work environment generally involves...",
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"summary": "BEAVERTON, Ore. - The Credit Union Association of Oregon has promoted Kasey Rockwell to Director of Credit Union Advocacy. She will focus on various legislative and political activities programs such as the CU Advocate program, Project Differentiation, Project Zip Code, and the many events produced by the CUAO Governmental Affairs...",
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"summary": "NEEDHAM, Mass. - TowerGroup Research has released the results of its 2002 Market Survey of Billing and Bill Payment Practices, and the results confirm what e-commerce experts have been saying for awhile: While consumers' use of electronic bill presentment and payment is increasing, paper checks remain a hard habit for...",
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"summary": "MARKS, Miss. - NCUA staff have been discouraging a relatively strong community development credit union from opening a branch in a community nearby that is about to lose its only bank, the CDCU believes. AmSouth bank, based in Birmingham, Alabama, has written Jonestown's 1,701 citizens that its branch will close...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON, D.C - A change in procedures at the U.S. Post Office has brought credit unions an economic opportunity, but it is unclear how many will be able to take advantage of it or will want to. The opportunity is to provide depository services to local U.S. Post Offices. The...",
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"summary": "ST PETERSBURG, Fla. - PSCU Financial Services has announced that it will repay over $1 million in \"patronage equity\" to member owner credit unions,\" three months in advance of anticipated. Patronage equity refers to the amount of money owed by PSCU to its member owner credit unions, which federal law...",
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"summary": "HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania House voted unanimously to approve the State Credit Union Parity Bill (S.B. 1222), with no amendments. The Pennsylvania Senate passed the bill unanimously in June. S.B. 1222 now goes to Gov. Mark Schweiker's desk for signing. He has 30 days to act and officially sign...",
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"summary": "DENVER - Bellco Credit Union is overhauling its lending operation and has named John Ruby, an Englewood small business executive, as senior vice president, a new position. He will be in charge of all lending operations including consumer and a new first mortgage area launched last June. Ruby will also...",
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