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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA has submitted a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Notice of Application of Evangelical Christian Credit Union (ECCU) for Exemptive Relief (SEC File No. S7-12-01). ECCU is requesting to be exempt from registering as a broker dealer in order to offer sweep accounts....",
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"summary": "ROCKY RIVER, Ohio - It's not just Corporate America that is being rocked with accounting scandals, CUs have their own share too. Martin Hughes, CEO of United Telephone Credit Union, is being accused of using funds from a former employer to pay the credit union's expenses. United Telephone, Hughes, his...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - Credit unions should consider themselves lucky. Compared to some other financials that have seen a higher rate of mortgage fraud perpetrated as mortgage lending activity has heated up, sources say credit unions have been relatively spared from any major direct mortgage fraud hits. But that doesn't mean...",
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"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - Credit unions which offer their members credit counseling may not be aware of how much their service can be worth in today's market, particularly if they help their members set up a debt repayment plan. According to Cardweb.com, a site on the World Wide Web which tracks...",
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"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - Whether a credit union decides to sell its portfolio to a bank or contract its portfolio management out to a credit union-based provider or take steps to manage the portfolio more effectively and aggressively themselves, the era when credit unions could be content to merely offer members...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - The deadline for getting in nominations for the 2002 Credit Union Excellence in Lending Awards is days away. Nominations are being accepted until July 31. CUNA Mutual Group and the CUNA Lending Council are sponsors of the third annual awards. Four credit unions will receive awards -...",
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"summary": "ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - There's more to the name change at Payment Systems for Credit Unions than meets the eye. PSCU Financial Services, the former Payment Systems for Credit Unions, detailed the changes in its business operations that dictated the organization change its name to reflect its broader scope. PSCU...",
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"summary": "ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Credit unions in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio who process their credit cards through their leagues are the first in the nation to be given the opportunity to become affiliate members of Card Services for Credit Unions (CSCU), the trade association for credit unions that process the...",
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"summary": "MILWAUKEE - Metavante Corporation has snagged the sixth largest credit union in the country as an Electronic Presentment and Payment client. The $3.8 billion United Airlines Employees' Credit Union, Chicago, has entered into an agreement with Metavante Corporation to provide EPP services to its more than 165,000 members worldwide. Metavante...",
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"summary": "WALLINGFORD, Conn. - SmartSource Solutions, Inc., a CUSO of Constitution State Corporate CU, has signed another CU client for its online credit union board solution, cuboardroom. The $487-million United Services of America, San Diego, is the latest CU to sign on for cuboardroom. The product provides CUs with online document...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON -\"Don't forget us!\" That's what the Association of Corporate CUs is saying to NCUA in regard to its Strategic Plan for 2003-2008. In a comment letter to NCUA on the Strategic Plan, the ACCU noted that there weren't any explicit references to corporates. ACCU Executive Director Gigi Hyland asked...",
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"summary": "INDIANAPOLIS - Credit union data processor re:Member Data Services (RDS) has successfully completed its most recent independent SAS70 audit. The audit, conducted by the accounting and consulting firm of Crowe, Chizek and Company LLP, examined the controls placed on operations at RDS and tested overall operating effectiveness. Specific areas examined...",
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"summary": "SEATTLE- NAFCU has entered into a new alliance with Fannie Mae to help NAFCU-member credit unions expand their ability to offer affordable mortgage financing and manage their interest rate, liquidity and credit risks, NAFCU President and CEO Fred Becker announced at the opening session of the trade group's Annual Conference....",
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"summary": "RICHMOND, Va. - County of Henrico FCU has become the first credit union in the Richmond, Va. area to be approved by NCUA for a community charter. Membership in the $50 million credit union is now open to any person in Henrico County, Va, as well as businesses and other...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, delivering the Federal Board's semiannual monetary policy report told Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs members that the mortgage lending and housing market will continue to perform strong, but those performances will be influenced and \"tempered by other influences.\" Speaking...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-The House Judiciary Committee July 17 passed a favorable report of the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 3951) on to the full House. The bill was approved by voice vote with a credit union-backed amendment to exempt credit unions from costly pre-merger filing requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. The...",
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"summary": "VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Credit union leaders met here on July 1 to discuss growth opportunities in international areas for U.S. credit unions. The meeting was hosted by United Nations Federal Credit Union and its Vienna liaison office, and sponsored by the Center for Credit Union Innovation, LLC, and the Filene...",
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"summary": "PASADENA, Calif. - Wescom Integrated Data (www.wescomids.com) Systems, a partnership between Wescom Credit Union here and Integrated Data Systems (IDS), of Calabasas, California is debuting the latest version of its online interface with Clarke American. Wescom IDS said the interface allows for faster processing of check orders either in the...",
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