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"title": "House Committee Makes Favorable Recommendations for Several Financial Services Bills",
"summary": "WASHINGTON-Amidst a montage of bills affecting the financial services industry, the House Financial Services Committee approved an amendment to the business checking and sterile reserves bill, which would continue the Federal Reserve's bank fee study and include credit unions. In a mark up of several bills, the Fed's Annual Report...",
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"summary": "DALLAS - TNB Card Services has purchased two credit unions' credit card portfolios since December of 2002, according to the firm. The wholly credit union-owned card services firm bought one portfolio worth about $2 million from the $31 million Spur Credit Union based in El Paso, Texas in December. TNB...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The month of February showed the least number of underserved areas adopted by federal credit unions in the last 12 months, according to NCUA's Regional Director's Actions Taken Under Delegation of Authority. Out of 20 underserved area applications, just six were approved totaling 431,024 potential members during February and...",
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"summary": "ATLANTA - ebix.com Inc., a software and e-commerce solutions provider, has launched a unified direct bill inquiry system, which offers insurance agents access to bill status in real-time. The system provides a single interface that provides access to multiple insurance carriers with a single master password and login. The service...",
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"title": "Dollar: Tax on CUs Requires Congress Revisit PCA",
"summary": "SALT LAKE CITY - Any national push to start taxing the retained earnings of credit unions poses a dangerous erosion of CUs' net worth and would require Congress to revisit the 1998 prompt corrective action law, NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar told Utah CU executives here. In a keynote speech to...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Federal credit unions' lending and incidental powers authorities permit federal credit unions to facilitate certain functions of a city loan program. NCUA Associate General Counsel Sheila Albin wrote in a recent legal opinion letter that federal credit unions may aid a city government loan program by reviewing members' applications,...",
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"title": "Credit Union of Denver, One of Colorado's Largest, Applies for FOM Expansion",
"summary": "LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Colorado Financial Services Board will hold a public hearing on April 11 to consider the application it received from Credit Union of Denver, the seventh largest credit union in the state, to expand its field-of-membership to include all of Jefferson County. Credit Union of Denver already...",
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"summary": "ABERDEEN, S.D. -Following the path of a growing number of credit unions, Aberdeen Federal Credit Union is now offering insurance products to its members. The insurance will be provided through the $39 million credit union's CUSO Dakota Financial Services Inc. where members can find answers to their annuities and home,...",
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"summary": "SYRACUSE, N.Y.-In a somewhat cannibalistic move that is becoming more common, a federal credit union merged with a former credit union last month. The $8.4 million Salt City Hospitals Federal Credit Union of Syracuse, N.Y. has merged with Beacon Federal, a former credit union mainly serving Carrier air conditioning employees,...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Recent Call Reports and examination cycles have indicated that 3,650 federal credit unions are eligible for RegFlex treatment. RegFlex is a program initiated by NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar to reward well-managed federal credit unions with a reduction in regulator burden. RegFlex eligible credit unions represent 61% of the 5,978...",
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"summary": "ST. PAUL, Minn. - Deluxe Corp., one the country's largest check printers, recently said that higher jobless claims and lower consumer confidence have resulted in fewer checks being written and check-reorder cycles being extended, resulting in less checks for it to print. Deluxe prints checks for more than 10,000 credit...",
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"summary": "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The list of states where bankers have introduced legislation to tax credit unions is growing. So far, measures have been introduced in six states - a bill was defeated in New Mexico, and another was amended and passed n Utah to form a task force...",
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"summary": "USAlliance Federal Credit Union, Rye, N.Y., has celebrated the grand opening of its full-service Malden branch. Local dignitaries such as Malden Chamber of Commerce President Joseph A. Piantedosi and members attended the festivities. Great Lakes Credit Union, North Chicago, Ill., has held the grand opening of its 3,200 square-foot Gurnee...",
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"summary": "JERSEY CITY, N.J. -With reports indicating kidnapping for ransom on the rise, Insurance Services Office, Inc. has teamed up with security firm Amsec International to offer kidnap/ransom and extortion (KR&E) coverage. As part of the crime and fidelity insurance program, the KR&E Insurance Program includes policy forms, endorsements, manuals, and...",
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"summary": "All indications are that the NCUA Board will take up a final rule this week amending the agency's chartering and field of membership manual. At NAFCU's Annual Conference in Seattle this past summer, NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar laid out a timetable for adopting a final rule that he and the...",
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"summary": "WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Since 1961, the Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation (MSIC) has provided excess insurance to all its state chartered credit unions. Federal credit unions may also opt for excess coverage from MSIC. Massachusetts state law requires excess deposit insurance coverage for Massachusetts customers of cooperative and savings banks and...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-The Federal Reserve Board's Consumer Advisory Council took a crack at the controversial issue of overdraft protection, its advertisement and disclosure during its meeting this month. Overdraft protection is a product gaining steam in the credit union industry. E Federal Credit Union President and CEO Kenneth Bordelon, who has a...",
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"summary": "ERIE, Pa. - Step into Erie General Electric Federal Credit Union's latest branch and prepare for an under-the-sea experience. Using fish and waves to play up the idea that the new branch is a \"wave of the future\", it combines an aquatic theme complete with two fish tanks and the...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-The House last week passed the bankruptcy reform bill by an overwhelming vote of 315-113, with one Democrat voting present. Though the House moved the bill quickly, the Senate is expected to take its time. The House approved an amendment to H.R. 975, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection...",
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"summary": "CHULA VISTA, Calif. - North Island Financial Credit Union was recently honored by CDC Small Business Finance for becoming the first credit union in San Diego County to enter the Small Business Administration's 504 loan program. Loans made under the program provide long-term fixed rate financing to small businesses for...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - The IRS' Unrelated Business Income Tax for non-profits is nothing new to credit unions, but a recent flurry of credit union audits for UBIT has raised concern in a handful of states, notably Connecticut, Alabama, and Colorado. According to the IRS Code, UBIT is income that is unrelated...",
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"summary": "STAMFORD, Conn. - As war clouds gather and the worst is feared from hackers and attackers, are businesses, including credit unions, ready to handle the business and IT outages that could come with a severe calamity in the homeland? \"Despite the possibility of war and terrorist activity, most U.S. companies...",
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"summary": "I have heard a lot of discussion regarding NAFCU's private share insurance policy. I respect NAFCU's concern about private share insurance. However I believe fundamentally that there is nothing wrong with the concept of private share insurance, and therefore I disagree with NAFCU's policy. NCUA frequently makes the mistake of...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A few years ago during a board of directors elections, officials at State Department Federal Credit Union wondered out loud how convenient it would be if members could vote by telephone or through the Internet. An NCUA statute didn't allow for such alternative voting until 1999. After...",
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