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"title": "Breakfast club gives small credit unions struggling to carve out time for training, an opportunity to network",
"summary": "EASTLAKE, Ohio - As she sips her coffee and picks at the fresh fruit on her breakfast plate, Betty Rutti, explains her quandary. \"We're trying to grow, we're spending money on marketing and advertising,\" she says, but, as manager of Reliance Mutual Inc., a credit union with $5.7 million in...",
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"summary": "SALT LAKE CITY - Those Utah ad wars between credit unions and banks, highlighted in the fight three years ago over H .R. 1151 and a court suit over field of membership, are heating up again this month-this time following banker defeat in a primary campaign for a Utah Congressional...",
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"summary": "Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union has served its members for over 50 years. In becoming a $1.8 billion credit union, the credit union expanded membership beyond the original charter of active Air Force personnel and civilian employees from Randolph Air Force Base and Brooks Air Force Base. Over 200,000 members strong,...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-CUNA responded to a joint proposal made recently by Treasury, NCUA, and the other federal financial regulators implementing provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act requiring financial institutions to establish reasonable procedures for authenticating member and customer identities when opening new accounts. \"One issue we want to make sure is clear...",
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"summary": "TRENTON, N.J. - It remains to be seen whether a $1 billion tax hike (S-1556/A-2501) approved by the New Jersey state legislature in an emergency session called by Gov. James McGreevey will raise the necessary money to close a $5.3 billion shortfall in a $23.4-billion, 2003 fiscal year budget. What...",
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"summary": "SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - CGI's credit union division has created of a new suite of browser-based solutions and services for CUs. The CyberSuite is comprised of a collection of applications called CyberBranch, CyberBranch@Home, CyberGateway, and CyberPlus and will be ready for general release in the first quarter of 2003. Product descriptions...",
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"summary": "CU Times Washington Reporter PARKERSBURG, W.V.-In one of the latest media skirmishes between banks and credit unions, the credit union community responded full throttle to accusations by a West Virginia banker that credit unions are not as strictly regulated as banks and, therefore, are not as safe. A July 1...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - In a surprising announcement, the Association of Corporate Credit Unions said it will not move forward with the planned study of the corporate credit union network. The study was supposed to look at what products and services corporate CUs should be offering in the future; how they could...",
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"summary": "Virginia League Central Credit Union, Lynchburg, Va., has appointed Greg McConville president/ CEO. Pennsylvania Credit Union League, Harrisburg, has promoted Elaine Royer credit union development specialist of Pacul Services, Inc., a wholly-owned service subsidiary. Maine Credit Union League, Portland, has elected the following officers to its board: Normand Dubreuil, chairman;...",
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"title": "Subcommittee OKs CLF at $1.5 billion",
"summary": "WASHINGTON-The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, chaired by Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) approved legislation last week on the Central Liquidity Facility (CLF). The CLF provision is included in the Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations bill. According to numerous knowledgeable sources, the...",
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"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - The legal battle between Digital Insight and FundsXpress is far from over. Austin based FundsXpress, a $12 million company, sued $95 million Digital Insight, based in Calabasas, California, for almost $80 million, claiming that one of its employees was also an employee of Digital Insight. The suit...",
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"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - Diebold Inc., a major ATM provider, has released a software platform that will allow financial institutions to give their customers a familiar ATM experience even if they use a variety of different ATM machines. The Agilis Power service means consumers will have a consistent user experience every...",
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"summary": "LOS ANGELES - Talk about being under the gun. USC CU President Gary Perez challenged the CU's staff to come up with a solution to speed up USC's auto loan approval process and kept them sequestered until they had a plan. Perez even raised the stakes a bit higher -...",
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"summary": "MENLO PARK, Calif. - Apparently adaptability is not just for survival of the species but also vital to moving ahead at work. According to an Accountemps survey, 35% of chief financial officers said embracing change is a critical success factor for employees and 27% feel a desire to learn new...",
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"summary": "MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - Mid-Atlantic Corporate Federal Credit Union is partnering with VolCorp to offer Electronic Bill Payment (EBP) to VolCorp's 240 member credit unions through Mid-Atlantic's subsidiary, MY CU Services, LLC. Under the agreement, VolCorp will market EBP to its member credit unions. VolCorp will provide settlement services and utilize...",
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"title": "Credit Union Times Vol. 9, No.30 June 29, 1998",
"summary": "Looking back four years ago finds credit union trade associations preparing for a floor fight over business lending cap amendments to H.R. 1151. At issue is the Hagel-Bennett amendment, which would reduce the current member business cap by 43%. \"It's an unreasonably restrictive amendment and we're doing everything in our...",
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"summary": "ARLINGTON, Va. - With the court drawing closer to unsealing the documents involved in the fight with Wal-Mart and other retailers, Visa officials told the American Banker that nothing about the Honor All Cards rule prevented Wal-Mart or the other retailers from influencing customers to use cards with a lower...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-The Credit Union Legislative Action Council of CUNA (CULAC) is turning up the heat as election time nears. NAFCU PAC is also adding its two cents to the races. The August recess, traditionally used for district work, began this week for the House and starts next week for the Senate....",
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"summary": "TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Like the general population in the Sunshine State, Florida's state-chartered credit unions are in the midst of a growth cycle. The numbers speak for themselves: * in March 2002, Florida-chartered CUs served 1,947,689 members. A year prior there were 1,404,527 members of Florida SCCUs. * total assets...",
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