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"title": "Capital Comm. CU unveils Earn It Back",
"summary": "LANSING, Mich. - As part of its efforts to leave no potential member behind, Capital Community Credit Union has launched the Earn It Back program. \"This program is very unique and CapCom is pleased to bring this opportunity to Tri-County residents,\" said Jill Abendroth, Capital Community CU education coordinator. Potential...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The NCUA Board handled its January meeting in near-record speed last week with just two items on the agenda and plenty of open seating in the board room. NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar opened the meeting by congratulating his fellow board members on their first anniversary of working on the...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-CUNA has been pumping up the regulatory portion of its Governmental Affairs Conference to take place February 24-26. Assistant Treasury Secretary for Financial Institutions Wayne Abernathy has been added to the long list of speakers for GAC. Abernathy formerly served in Senator Phil Gramm's (R-Texas) office, as well as the...",
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"title": "Long Time Credit Union Leader Passes Away",
"summary": "MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - Kinecta Federal Credit Union Director Emeritus and former Board Chairman William E. Bates Jr. died Jan. 11 at the age of 78. Bates served during World War II in the Marine Corps on the Pacific Front and was awarded the Purple Heart. A passionate credit union...",
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"summary": "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - As bankers continue to beat the \"credit unions should be taxed\" drum, credit unions have been busy returning year-end bonus dividends to their members. Listed below are just a few of the credit unions that are proving how it literally pays to be a member:...",
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"summary": "SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Attorney General has appealed the recent court decision that said that California's new credit card disclosure law did not apply to federally-chartered financial institutions. Before a coalition of NAFCU, CUNA, bank associations and major federally-chartered card issuers challenged the law, any credit union with cardholders...",
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"summary": "HONOLULU - A $330 million credit union based in Hawaii has become the first and only credit union in the United States to retail ATMs. Honolulu City and County FCU is placing ATMs, manufactured by Fujitsu, first with other credit unions in the Hawaiian Islands and then with other non-credit...",
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"title": "Shared Branching Coming to Puget Sound",
"summary": "SEATTLE - Shared branching is coming to the Puget Sound area along with a major one-year television advertising campaign to promote greater awareness of credit unions in the region. At a news conference scheduled Jan. 23, officials formally announced plans for the shared banking initiative among at least eight credit...",
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"title": "Two Credit Unions Named Among Top 10 `Socially Responsible' Institutions",
"summary": "BOSTON - For their work in providing capital for small business startups and nonprofits and to create environmentally friendly products and services in their communities, two credit unions were recognized by the Social Investment Forum and Co-op America's in their annual top 10 list of socially responsible institutions. Self-Help Credit...",
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"uri": "/2003/01/28/wedding-bells-revitalize-i-switch-ads/",
"title": "Wedding Bells Revitalize \"I-Switch\" Ads",
"summary": "VANCOUVER, British Columbia - There is a new spin on television advertising campaign sponsored by the credit union trade association CU Central of British Columbia, which hopes to tap the hearts and trust of potential members with a new slogan for credit unions here - \"People before profits.\" Designed by...",
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"summary": "SALT LAKE CITY - CUNA has agreed to give assistance to the Utah League of Credit Unions in its legislative tax fight with the banking industry by dispatching one of its top political action specialists here, it was disclosed last week. Scheduled to meet with League officials on Jan. 27...",
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"title": "Concord Offers Hefty Price For CU 24, But CEOs Remain Uneasy",
"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - Memphis-based Concord EFS will pay $30 million for Credit Union 24 Network, according to informed sources. But as currently structured the deal would not compensate all the Network's shareholders equally, and there is an open question whether the shareholders will approve the arrangement, according to CEOs whose...",
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"summary": "SAN ANTONIO - Add another credit union to this year's growing list of new names and brands. After 70 years, San Antonio Teachers Credit Union has changed its name to Firstmark Credit Union to better reflect its field of membership. \"The name Firstmark tells our members that they are first...",
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"summary": "RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - An eight-month cooperative advertising campaign begun last year by northern Nevada credit unions and run on television and radio using the national credit union brand \"public education\" and \"comfort zone\" spots, successfully generated an increase in consumer understanding of credit unions, results of a public awareness...",
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"summary": "LEEDS, U.K. - John Battle, the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from Leeds, is worried about the three million English who are living in poverty and subject to doorstop lenders, the British term for predatory lenders. In a country with a population of approximately 50 million people, Battle sees credit...",
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"summary": "HALES CORNER, Wis. - True to its word, Mid-States Corporate FCU is very quickly responding to Corporate Central CU's expansion plans in one of its core states should a planned merger go through. Mid-States Corporate FCU and Minnesota Corporate FCU announced merger plans late last year. Shortly thereafter Corporate Central...",
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"title": "Boise Strikes Deal on Office Discounts with CUNA and CU Association of the West",
"summary": "ITASCA, Ill. - Credit unions from coast to coast can receive a \"significant\" break on office products, furniture and tech equipment under a group purchase deal being offered by Boise Office Solutions in separate agreements with CUNA and CU Association of the West. CUNA in Madison, Wis. said its pact...",
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"summary": "SALT LAKE CITY - Labelling its tax fight with the banking lobby \"the most serious\" ever, Utah credit unions have begun buttonholing Utah legislators in attempt to turn back a restrictive tax bill introduced in the House which specifically targets the state's three largest credit unions. The tax bill introduced...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-The House Financial Services Committee leadership is discussing the possibility of moving the credit union provisions of 2001's regulatory relief legislation separately from the bank provisions, credit union lobbyists have confirmed. Whether this will be helpful or harmful to credit unions is up for grabs. The credit union and banking...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Bank Insurance Fund has been flirting with the reserve ratio target, but it has not fallen to the point that banks have been assessed a premium. FDIC Chairman Don Powell issued a recent Letter to Stakeholders stating that banks will not be assessed a premium...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has proposed a rule - 24 CFR Parts 25 and 203 - that includes provisions concerning the responsibilities of lenders approved by the FHA in the selection of appraisers to perform appraisals on properties used as security for FHA mortgages....",
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"summary": "NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Fed up with losing members' auto loans to car dealerships because of their 0% financing offers, 1st Advantage FCU is offering members its own 0% financing deals that gives members the opportunity to have their cake and eat it to. Beginning this month, the $325-million credit...",
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"summary": "Riverside Campus Federal Credit Union, Riverside, Calif., has collected 220 new and \"slightly loved\" stuffed animals, and 100 pair of new socks during its Annual Community Drive. The stuffed animals were donated to the County of Riverside Sheriff's Department, and the socks were donated to the County of Riverside Homeless...",
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