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"uri": "/2003/07/29/are-credit-unions-hurting-immigration-policy-by-accepting-matricula-or-helping-an-underserved-segment/",
"title": "Are Credit Unions Hurting Immigration Policy by Accepting Matricula? Or Helping an Underserved Segment?",
"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - If opponents get their way the so-called matricula consular, an ID card which supporters credit with helping tens of thousands of undocumented foreign nationals obtain credit union memberships, will no longer be considered acceptable for opening depository accounts. Along largely partisan lines, the U.S. House of Representatives...",
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"uri": "/2003/07/29/the-changing-landscape-of-credit-union-auto-lending/",
"title": "The Changing Landscape of Credit Union Auto Lending",
"summary": "If you randomly surveyed any number of people throughout the United States and asked them to name one thing a credit union offers, a large percentage would more than likely respond by saying great auto loans. Throughout the evolution of the industry, members have consistently relied on their credit union...",
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"uri": "/2003/07/29/nafcupac-experiences-unprecedented-growth/",
"title": "NAFCU/PAC Experiences Unprecedented Growth",
"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va.-NAFCU's recent emphasis with its members on the importance of being politically active is paying off, according to NAFCU Director of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler. In the first half of 2003, NAFCU/PAC has raised $128,403.54, breaking its own record mid-way through the year, according to Federal Election Committee reports....",
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"title": "First Data Warns About Potential Card Issuer Conflict if Proposed Mega Network Merger Deal Goes Through",
"summary": "DENVER - First Data Resources, the card processor for a significant number of credit unions, has warned stockholders that clients of its ATM network subsidiaries may face conflicts with VISA and MasterCard if its pending merger with Concord EFS goes through. First Data revealed the possibility those credit unions and...",
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"uri": "/2003/07/29/no-doubt-in-cuna-economists-mind-for-cu-tax-exemption/",
"title": "No Doubt in CUNA Economist's Mind for CU Tax Exemption",
"summary": "WASHINGTON-CUNA Chief Economist Bill Hampel took on American Bankers Association Senior Economist Keith Leggett one-on-one regarding credit unions' tax-exempt status before the National Council of State Legislatures in San Francisco last week. On July 22, Hampel outlined four simple reasons for the state lawmakers why credit unions are exempt from...",
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"title": "CO-OP Network Partners with Southwest Corporate to Expand Presence in Texas",
"summary": "ONTARIO, Calif. - The industry's largest credit union ATM network and the nation's second largest corporate have hooked up in an EFT deal. The CO-OP Network and the $9 billion Southwest Corporate FCU, Dallas, formed a partnership where the CO-OP will provide processing and networking services to credit unions in...",
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"uri": "/2003/07/29/cuna-offers-alternative-to-nacha-ssn-usage-proposals/",
"title": "CUNA Offers Alternative to NACHA SSN Usage Proposals",
"summary": "WASHINGTON-CUNA suggested some admittedly burdensome software changes so all Automated Clearinghouse users could continue to use Social Security Numbers instead of eliminating or masking their usage as NACHA has proposed. CUNA Associate General Counsel Mary Dunn and Senior Regulatory Counsel Catherine Orr explained in the organization's official comment letter that...",
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"uri": "/2003/07/29/ncua-to-participate-in-white-house-faith-based-conference/",
"title": "NCUA to Participate in White House Faith-Based Conference",
"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA announced recently that it would be participating in another White House Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives on July 29 in Minnesota. Additionally, in October, NCUA will be holding its next Partnering and Leadership Successes workshop in Washington, D.C. NCUA Director of Credit Union Development Anthony LaCreta will...",
"byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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"uri": "/2003/07/29/identity-theft-soaring-while-financial-services-industry-fiddles-2/",
"title": "Identity Theft Soaring While Financial Services Industry Fiddles?",
"summary": "STAMFORD, Conn. - If you haven't been hit personally by identity fraud or credit card theft in the past year, you likely know someone who has. That's because, according to a new national survey, 5.5% of U.S. adults (more than 11 million) were victimized by credit card fraud in the...",
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"uri": "/2003/07/29/wescom-credit-unions-realtor-rebate-program-pays-20-rebate-to-home-buyers-sellers/",
"title": "Wescom Credit Union's Realtor Rebate Program Pays 20% Rebate to Home Buyers & Sellers",
"summary": "PASADENA, Calif. - Realtors who assist Wescom CU members with buying or selling a home are no longer the only ones making commissions off the transactions. The credit union's new Realtor Rebate program is giving money back to the members as well. The Realtor Rebate program allows homebuyers and sellers...",
"byline": "Michelle A. Samaad",
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"summary": "Water and Power Community Credit Union, Los Angeles, has awarded 24 young baseball players from the North Valley Youth Baseball League education IRA accounts as part of the credit union's first Homeruns-4-College derby. The remaining competitors walked away with prizes including t-shirts, gift certificates to the movies and most importantly...",
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"title": "New Voting Poll: Does ABA's Latest Lawsuit Have a Chance?",
"summary": "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - This latest ABA lawsuit is the third challenging an NCUA policy or practice. The other two have failed. Will the third time be the charm for the ABA? Credit Union Times' new voting poll poses that question. It reads as follows: \"The American Bankers Association's...",
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"title": "Teens Get ABC's of Financial Management at Burbank City EFCU",
"summary": "BURBANK, Calif. - Teenagers are getting some much needed financial education - from learning how to manage their own checking accounts to being responsible for their own Visa credit card - thanks to a program offered at Burbank City Employees Federal Credit Union. Started about seven years ago by Suzanne...",
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"uri": "/2003/07/29/j-d-power-used-vehicle-certification-programs-still-popular/",
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"summary": "WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. - Competition from aggressive new vehicle incentives such as 0% financing and rebates hasn't dampened the popularity of the sales and awareness among consumers of certified pre-owned vehicles. If anything, says J.D. Power and Associates, their popularity is still increasing. J.D. Power and Associates' \"2003 Used Vehicle...",
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"summary": "BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Fiserv, one of the EFT industry's largest service providers, announced that it is rolling five of its regional ATM/EFT brands into one. The five former brands are ACCEL, Exchange, MPACT, TX and Instant Teller. The one new brand will be called \"ACCEL/Exchange.\" Approximately 4,000 member financial institutions...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - Industry-wide reforms recommended for the accurate processing of breakpoint sales load discounts on mutual fund purchases were recently given the green light by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Joint NASD/Industry Task Force on Breakpoints, comprised of officials from the SEC, the National Association of Securities Dealers, the...",
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"summary": "American Eagle Federal Credit Union, East Hartford, Conn., has promoted John C. Conant to senior vice president/ CFO; William H. Marsh to senior vice president/chief administration officer; and Dean Marchessault to senior vice president retail services. In addition, the credit union has named Jere Jordan American Eagle Financial Services financial...",
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"title": "Hiatt Named CU West Mortgage President/CEO",
"summary": "RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - Mark Hiatt, previously senior vice president, loan servicing, for CUNA Mutual Mortgage Corp. for the past five years, was named president/CEO of CU West Mortgage by the company's board. His appointment was effective July 14. CU West Mortgage, an equally owned mortgage company of the California...",
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"summary": "AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Kiwi credit unions have won a battle with the Parliamentary Sect Committee on Finance and Expenditure and the right to keep the words \"bank\" and \"banking\" in their publicity and informational materials, according to Doug McLaren, CEO of the New Zealand Association of Credit Unions (NZACU)....",
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"summary": "OGDEN, Utah - The three Utah credit unions named in the American Bankers Association's July 15-suit challenging NCUA's field of membership authority are apparently moving ahead with branch plans despite the legal cloud. The $2.6-billion America First Federal Credit Union, the state's largest, said \"we are proceeding on the same...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-More than 12.5 million potential members in underserved areas have been added to credit unions' fields of membership through Access Across America so far this year, according to NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar. The agency's mid-year statistics show that through June 30, 2003, 90 federal credit unions in 31 states...",
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"summary": "CHICAGO - Like a lot of airline credit unions, the $4 billion United Airlines Employees CU is at a crossroads. New CEO - and former banker - David W. Mooney brings a wealth of retail banking experience and some optimism to what he believes is going to be an interesting...",
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"summary": "Mike Welch's column in the June 4th issue, \"The Number of Questions Keeps Increasing\" was on the mark. Coming from the banking side, it is hard for me to understand how credit unions can sit back and allow banks to chip away at our cause and our integrity. Banks really...",
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"summary": "ONTARIO, Calif. - The spirit of cooperation, versus competition, marks the willingness of credit unions to accept other credit unions' member deposits at their ATMs, according to Jim Hanisch, executive vice president with CO-OP Network. CO-OP Network is the largest credit union-owned ATM network in the country with more than...",
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