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"summary": "LANSING, Mich. - Many credit unions that contemplate selling their credit card portfolios may not know how much of the deal they can negotiate or of how much power they have in the process, according to a CEO whose credit union recently completed the sale. Renee DeMarco's, $77 million Capital...",
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"summary": "Twenty-five years ago the Gulfport VA Medical Center had over 2,000 employees, volunteers and family members. It was one of the leading employers in my hometown. By the time I was selected president of the Gulfport VA Federal Credit Union in 1991, the medical center had been downsized to around...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - As of April 1 2003 credit unions desiring CUNA Mutual credit card fraud insurance will have to participate in the VISA or MasterCard online fraud protection programs, according to a CUNA Mutual executive. Al Stendahl, a vice president with CUNA Mutual, said that credit unions wishing to...",
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"summary": "TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Over a dozen credit unions and close to 150 credit union contacts use Fraud-Net.com, a networking and communications effort sponsored by the Florida Bankers Association to help them thwart financial fraud, according to Rebecca Mccarley, media representative for the association. Fraud-Net.com's over 1,000 financial institutions log in...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-House Financial Services Committee Members Bob Ney (R-Ohio) and Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), and Representative Harold Ford (D-Tenn.) will serve as featured guests on a panel during CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference next month. Ney and Sherman will discuss how credit unions are perceived on Capitol Hill and how that should shape...",
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"summary": "SODUS, New York - WCTA Federal Credit Union has become the first financial institution in the NYCE Network to conduct a real-time, bill payment transaction with a debit card. The transaction, conducted by Becky Hulett, vice president of operations, enabled her to pay her Verizon telephone bill, by calling the...",
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"summary": "Credit union trade groups were out full force on Jan.7 to welcome members of the 108th Congress on their first day, with special attention on the freshman class. Included in the 535 members of Congress were 65 new lawmakers. CUNA held a reception for some of them at Credit Union...",
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"summary": "ANDERSON, Ind. - The fight between the $52 million Madison County Federal Credit Union and its striking workers appears destined to last for some months and will involve elections for credit union board members. As of press time, the 27 striking members of Local Number 1 of the Office and...",
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"title": "Virginia CFI Earns NASCUS Accreditation",
"summary": "RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions has become the 27th state to earn NASCUS accreditation. The Virginia BFI regulates 70 state-chartered CUs in the Virginia Commonwealth, with combined assets of nearly $4 billion. To earn NASCUS accreditation, a state regulatory agency must meet or exceed a score...",
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"summary": "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - When it comes to reaching younger members with education, fun is the best foundation. For the past two years Orlando, Fla.-based FAIRWINDS Credit Union has hosted the annual Who Wants To Be a Millionaire interactive game seminar and entire families want in on the fun....",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-The General Accounting Office, Congress' watchdog that is currently studying NCUA and credit unions, last month completed a report on time and money savings coordination between agencies using their annual performance plans. Coordinating efforts between agencies with similar goals can save time and money, according to the report. The report,...",
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"summary": "SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Any credit union that offers member business services knows the cost and expertise that's required to support the product. Arrowhead Credit Union has opened the doors to its newest CUSO - Member Business Services - this month to assist other CUs with providing their members a...",
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"summary": "MONTSERRAT, British West Indies - Many credit unions have disaster plans that cover emergencies such as robberies, floods and other natural disasters. But how many U.S. credit unions would be prepared for a volcanic eruption? Roselyn Cassell-Sealy, of St. Patrick's Co-operative Credit Union on Montserrat, knows what it is like...",
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"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - NASCUS is planning by the end of January to turn over to NCUA Board Member Joanne Johnson a list of proposals on how the federal member business lending rule can be changed to provide all federally insured credit unions the same relief provided state-chartered credit unions operating...",
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"summary": "ALBANY, N.Y. - For most people, the end of December meant the joy of holidays and expectations for the new year. But 2,400 Verizon employees statewide, 100 of whom are local, faced the holidays unemployed after being laid off by the communications company in mid-December due to a slow economy...",
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"summary": "San Antonio Teachers Credit Union, Texas, has appointed Mike Lara and Rudy Pena board directors. They will serve out the remaining terms of two retired board directors- Elizabeth Scott and Carlos Ortiz.",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-Credit unions had plenty to keep them busy in the first week of the 108th Congressional Session (see special pictorial pages 18-19). Congress reconvened last week with the usual ceremonial swearing in of the freshman, but legislative work seeped into lawmakers' plans. As expected, Financial Services Committee Chairman Mike Oxley...",
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