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"uri": "/2003/07/08/check-truncation-legislation-moves-full-steam-ahead/",
"title": "Check Truncation Legislation Moves Full Steam Ahead",
"summary": "WASHINGTON-The Senate gave the Check Truncation Act of 2003 (H.R. 1474) the green light when the bill passed the chamber by unanimous consent June 27. While credit unions already have the authority to truncate their checks and have done so for decades, the legislation provides for truncation more often and...",
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"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - Changes to the rules governing debit card acceptance and doubt about debit card interchange rates have led some banks that issue VISA and MasterCard's debit cards to recently announce delays or even cut backs on their debit marketing and rewards programs. But card industry executives that work...",
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"uri": "/2003/07/08/retirement-savings-charts-going-in-the-wrong-direction/",
"title": "Retirement Savings Charts `Going in the Wrong Direction'",
"summary": "WASHINGTON- Are your members saving enough for their retirement? Probably not, according to Don Blandin, president of the American Savings Education Council. In fact, Blandin says, \"The charts are going in the wrong direction.\" He's referring to the latest Income of the Aged Chartbook which shows 20% of the elderly...",
"byline": "Eileen Courter",
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"title": "OFHEO: Freddie, Fannie `Adequately Capitalized' at End of First Quarter 2003",
"summary": "WASHINGTON - The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), the regulating agency for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and which has been under the microscope since last month when Freddie, reeling from its announcement of accounting irregularities, subsequently went through a major overhaul of its management team, reported that...",
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"uri": "/2003/07/08/mini-lessons-for-credit-unions-taking-a-page-from-bmw-could-put-some-cool-in-cu-marketing/",
"title": "Mini Lessons for Credit Unions? Taking a Page from BMW Could Put Some Cool in CU Marketing",
"summary": "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - While credit unions may not have as much \"open road\" to play up as a car company, the Mini Cooper ads show just how far originality can take a brand. \"One of things that stood out right away is that Mini is not trying to...",
"byline": "Myriam DiGiovanni",
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"uri": "/2003/07/08/see-it-here-first/",
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"summary": "As a publication that has as its main focus providing news of interest and value to credit unions, it shouldn't be surprising that Credit Union Times strives to be first when it comes to reporting all breaking news. To be able to do that, our editorial team has established an...",
"byline": "Peter Westerman",
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"uri": "/2003/07/08/new-california-law-requires-notification-if-computer-systems-are-hacked/",
"title": "New California Law Requires Notification if Computer Systems are Hacked",
"summary": "SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Credit unions serving members in California must now promptly notify them if computer hackers gain access to the member's personal information. Under a new state law that went into effect July 1, credit unions, along with other businesses, state agencies and individuals with customers in California, must...",
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"uri": "/2003/07/08/nafcu-shows-net-profit-in-2002-dues-freeze-still-in-place/",
"title": "NAFCU Shows Net Profit in 2002; Dues Freeze Still in Place",
"summary": "ARLINGTON-NAFCU started 2003 off in the black, according to the organization's recently released annual report. NAFCU's operating expenses reached nearly $2.5 million in 2002, up slightly from $2.2 million the previous year. Additionally, the trade association's \"changes in net assets\" totaled $775,993. According to NAFCU Director of Research and Analysis...",
"byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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"uri": "/2003/07/08/continuing-to-make-annual-reports-better/",
"title": "Continuing to Make Annual Reports Better",
"summary": "I and our credit union's marketing manager Cecilia Salinas appreciated Mike Welch's Publisher's Column in the June 11th issue regarding annual reports (\"Most Important Annual Report Decision: Purpose\"). For the first 26 years of our existence, our annual report was an eight-and-a-half by 11-inch sheet of paper folded in half,...",
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"uri": "/2003/07/08/acb-commends-lawmaker-for-sub-s-hearing/",
"title": "ACB Commends Lawmaker for Sub S Hearing",
"summary": "WASHINGTON-Bankers are keeping their political capital going strong in Subchapter S reform. In a June 27 letter, America's Community Bankers applauded House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures Chairman Jim McCrery for holding a hearing on Subchapter S reforms. \"That hearing clearly illustrated the limitations of the current...",
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