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"title": "NASCUS Briefs National Council of State Legislatures on SCCU issues",
"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - Senior staff members from NASCUS joined representatives from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, the North American Securities Administrators Association and the National Association on Insurance Commissioners in December for a panel discussion and provided the National Council of State Legislatures Financial Services Committee with an overview...",
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"summary": "Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union, Media, Pa., has named its Chadds Ford office Branch of the Year. The branch was recognized for surpassing all goals set for 2002 and being the first branch to reach nearly $1 million in investments with Members Mutual Company, LLC. Cabrillo Credit Union, San Diego,...",
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"title": "As Corporates Look to Grow, They Start to Move in on Each Other's Territory",
"summary": "HALES CORNER, Wis. - With more corporate credit unions having the mantra of grow or die, corporates are likely to see more of each other in FOMs once dedicated solely to one corporate. It looks like that's starting to happen in Minnesota. Corporate Central Credit Union (formerly Wisconsin Corporate Central...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-Popular Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call, published a profile on CUNA President and CEO Dan Mica focusing on his life after Congress. The full-page article, which appeared in the paper's Life After Congress feature, homed in on his five-terms as a Florida Democrat in the House from 1979-1989. During that...",
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"title": "MasterCard NA President Paints Horizon for Payments Industry at TechMecca Conference",
"summary": "AUSTIN, Texas - In stark contrast to her counterpart at VISA International whose abbreviated message left last year's TechMecca audience questioning, \"That's it?\" Ruth Ann Marshall, president of MasterCard North America, gave TechMecca 2002 attendees a rapid-fire, information-laden keynote address on the state of and the future of the payments...",
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"title": "Consumers, Members Would Be Impacted by FCRA Changes, Bloch Tells FCRA Conference",
"summary": "WASHINGTON - The Fair Credit Reporting Act has created cost and time decisioning efficiencies that have helped make auto and mortgage loan application processing quick and inexpensive for consumers. But that system could be threatened if proposed legislative changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act are enacted in 2003 and...",
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"title": "New Jersey Bill Would Prevent ATM Fees",
"summary": "Trenton, N.J. - New Jersey State Senator Richard Codey (D-27) has state-chartered credit unions and Credit Union Affiliates of New Jersey (CUANJ) up in arms regarding his bill that would prohibit state-chartered financial institutions from charging ATM fees. According to John Passuth, director of governmental affairs at CUANJ, Sen. Codey...",
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"title": "Cestra's Secret to Making Digital FCU a $1 Billion CU: Give Members What They Want",
"summary": "MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - Years ago Chicago retailing legend Marshall Field assured himself a place in marketing textbooks by instructing a salesclerk, \"Give the lady what she wants.\" As far as Carlo Cestra, president/CEO of Digital Federal Credit Union is concerned, that advice works for credit unions. \"Keep it very, very...",
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"uri": "/2002/12/31/eastman-cu-rewards-record-3-million-to-members-borrowers-included/",
"title": "Eastman CU Rewards Record $3 Million to Members - Borrowers Included",
"summary": "KINGSPORT, Tenn. - As the Federal Reserve held the reins tight on interest rates, Eastman Credit Union's upcoming $3.1 million dividend to members had little to do with the stagnancy. Eastman's President/CEO Olan Jones heartily explains that the dividend was \"pretty unique\" in that it came about on top of...",
"byline": "Michelle A. Samaad",
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"title": "2003 VENDOR CALENDAR MEETINGS & EVENTS",
"summary": "JANUARY JANUARY 12-16 Creditors Law Centers Mopother Bankruptcy School, Embassy Suites, Las Vegas, Nev., 702-795-2800. For info: Mary Kay McCubbin, 502-587-5451. JANUARY 15-17 TNB Card Service's 2003 Executive Conference, Omni Royal Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, La. For info: Amy Tidwell, 800-422-0733, x 6654 or [email protected]. JANUARY 15-17 MyDas Marketing, Inc....",
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"title": "NCUA Completes Long List of Agenda Items in Time for Holidays; Changes To Investment Rule Proposed",
"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The NCUA Board's agenda included a long list of items to wrap up before the Christmas holiday. At the opening and conclusion of the two-hour long December meeting, NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar expressed the board's wishes to the entire credit union community for a happy holiday season. One of...",
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"title": "Utah CUs' Tax Exemption Not Open to Negotiation",
"summary": "Recently the president of a national bank used the following words to express his displeasure with certain Utah credit unions: \"opportunists,\" \"culprit,\" \"loophole,\" and \"skirt the law.\" A few weeks later, \"The Resolution Alliance for Strong Banks and Credit Unions\" appeared on the Utah scene. Led by a former U.S....",
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"title": "FCUs Cannot Freeze Account of Member Who is Current on Loan",
"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Mid-Atlantic's unusually chilly winter weather may be reaching down into the Southern region. Alexandria USDA Federal Credit Union (La.) wrote NCUA recently to ask if a federal credit union can use its statutory lien authority to `freeze' an account that is current, but was formerly delinquent. According to...",
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"title": "Earl Appointed to Western CUNA Management School Board",
"summary": "SALT LAKE CITY - Scott Earl, president/CEO of the Utah League of Credit Unions, was appointed to the Board of Western CUNA Management School. He assumes the seat vacated by Carroll Beach when he retired as president/CEO of the Colorado Credit Union System last year. Earl, who is also president...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Yearling NCUA Board Member JoAnn Johnson has been too busy doing her job to worry about tooting her own horn much. \"I'm not here to make headlines; I'm here to make good policy,\" she said. One of her top priorities during her time on the board has been to...",
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"summary": "HAWTHORNE, Calif. - The headquarters of the $229 million FAA First Federal Credit Union recently played a role in the hit television program CSI Miami after the credit union allowed the program to film some of its episodes in the 35,000 square-foot space. The building has already been recognized by...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Board Member Deborah Matz charged some of the agency's top executives during the December board meeting with strengthening examination procedures aimed at preventing safety and soundness threats from unregistered broker-dealers. More than 100 credit unions were affected when the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Bentley Financial Services, Inc....",
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"summary": "AUSTIN, Texas - For the second consecutive year, folks from three Texas-based financial trade associations have proven that banks and credit unions can not only peacefully co-exist in the same room but also emerge all the better because of the interaction. TechMecca 2002, a technology conference and expo hosted here...",
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"summary": "SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah League of Credit Union is coming to the aid of public education in the state by unveiling a grant foundation that will aid new \"pilot\" school programs as well as assist teachers with out-of-pocket expenses. The new foundation, called \"100% for Kids,\" was announced...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA recently issued a charter for United Neighborhood Federal Credit Union, a faith-based credit union in Augusta, Ga. Beulah Grove Baptist Church and Broadway Baptist Church, both located in Augusta, are sponsoring the credit union, which will serve the two churches' 13,000 members. \"Faith-based credit unions are providing their...",
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"title": "NCUA Board Recommends Against Private Insurance in Colorado",
"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-All three NCUA Board members warned the Colorado financial services regulator in a Dec. 12 letter against permitting private share insurance for the state's state chartered credit unions. \"We recognize that this is a public policy decision that is properly within your jurisdiction as Commissioner of the Colorado Division...",
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"summary": "INDIANAPOLIS - Five east coast credit unions are among the lenders participating in the pilot phase of a new loan program from Irwin Mortgage Corp. targeted to expand homeownership opportunities for underserved homebuyers. The five CUs selected for the launch of homeZownT are: MTC FCU, Greenville, S.C.; Duke University CU,...",
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"summary": "Hundreds of subscribers have told us that they think Credit Union Times is the best credit union publication they receive. We humbly say thank you and then continue to seek ways to make this publication (and its companion daily news Web site) even better. That's exactly what the entire editorial...",
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"title": "It's Time To Peer Into The Crystal Ball",
"summary": "It's another brand new year and time once again to drag out the old crystal ball. Here are my annual predictions: First, the easy ones. Credit union growth in all key areas will be unprecedented in 2003. Loan portfolios will continue to look more like the old savings and loans...",
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