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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Gilbert Gonzalez, deputy undersecretary for policy and planning for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Office, is the most recent name to be added to a list of potential NCUA Board appointees, according to a source knowledgeable about the NCUA Board appointment process. The White House began vetting...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - The National Youth Involvement Board is shining the spotlight on credit union youth during its Annual Conference here on August 6-9. The conference will promote effective ways for credit union volunteers to teach young people to manage their money wisely. Everything from marketing ideas and classroom presentation...",
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"summary": "NEW YORK - Card industry analysts have split on what MasterCard's recent settlement in a landmark card policy case means for the case going forward. MasterCard settled its part of the lawsuit before the trial actually began on April 28 for an estimated $1 billion, according to published media reports....",
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"summary": "ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. George Pataki announced April 25 he plans to nominate Diana Taylor for Superintendent of the New York State Banking Department. Taylor would succeed Elizabeth McCaul who resigned in March after serving in the position since 1995, and interim Acting Superintendent Barbara Kent. Taylor currently serves as...",
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"title": "CUNA Mutual Launches Interactive Check Fraud Training Kit",
"summary": "MADISON, Wis. - With check-fraud losses estimated at $12 billion to $16 billion annually nationwide, the CUNA Mutual Group has developed an interactive check-fraud training kit for its credit union Bond policyholders. Designed for front-line staff, the kit incorporates an interactive CD-ROM, facilitator guide, learner workbook and a direct link...",
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"summary": "INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana credit unions have teamed up to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network Riley Hospital for Children by launching the Credit Unions for Kids Indiana Online Auction. In a first for credit unions here, a total of 86 items such as dinner certificates, golf passes, sports tickets,...",
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"summary": "LAS VEGAS - With all the changes taking place in the CUSO regulatory environment, CUSOs are facing new opportunities and challenges to the services they offer members and the way they do business. Approximately 450 conferees are expected to attend the NACUSO's 2003 Annual Conference, May 6-9, at the Caesar's...",
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"title": "Texas Jump$tart Breakfast Highlights Financial Literacy Programs",
"summary": "GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Today's youth must learn sound financial principles, because they will not have access to many of the financial benefits afforded previous generations, Dallas Morning News Business and Finance Editor Scott Burns told attendees of a Financial Literacy Month Celebration Breakfast last week. The breakfast was hosted...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-In separate ceremonies last week, House Financial Services Committee Member Mike Oxley (R-Ohio) and Committee Member Doug Bereuter (R-Neb.) were honored with awards from cooperatives. CUNA was a sponsor of both awards. Oxley received the \"Honored Cooperator\" award from the National Cooperative Business Association for his continued commitment to cooperatives,...",
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"summary": "RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - What does it take for credit unions to increase their indirect lending market share? CEOs and lending executives from auto lending CUSOs joined others from leading credit unions recently at the first national indirect auto lending summit hosted by Credit Union Direct Lending to discuss the...",
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"title": "Credit Union-Run Iowa Trust Bank Shows Steady Growth",
"summary": "DUBUQUE, Iowa - It's a rare, probably unique breed among credit union entities - a national bank for CU trust services - but its organizers contend the venture, now in its third year, is succeeding surpassing $160 million in fiduciary assets under management. \"This is a company that has gone...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Chief Financial Officer Dennis Winans announced at the NCUA Board's April meeting that he anticipates 10% savings growth, bringing the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund's equity ratio down slightly to 1.26% by year-end 2003 from 1.27% the previous year. American Share Insurance quickly came out with a...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-CUNA President and CEO Dan Mica wrote a letter to the editor published in the April 25th edition of the American Banker countering a banker's accusation in an earlier letter that NCUA's proposed member business lending rule would take business loans from small banks. \"The average credit union member business...",
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"summary": "MINNEAPOLIS - In what's being described as a cost-cutting move to weather the airline industry's economic slump - and a \"bad public relations campaign\" by critics - Northwest Airlines recently said it would be forced to evict NWA Federal Credit Union from all of its properties if the credit union...",
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"summary": "ATHENS, Ohio - Despite an unexpected setback that's taken about a year to recover from, Ohio University Credit Union CUSO is on its way to providing members of the credit union with 403b retirement plan benefits for the university's employees. The CUSO has already cleared the first required step to...",
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"summary": "HOUSTON - Communicators Federal Credit Union is riding into the future with a new name -PrimeWay Federal Credit Union. Faced with a growing and more diverse membership, the 65-year old $176 million credit union became the latest player in the increasingly popular name change game. \"Of course we had some...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - Callahan & Associates released its 2003 Directory of Credit Union Cooperatives, and the report shows that credit union service organizations owned by groups of credit unions instead of traditional wholly-owned CUSOs owned by single credit unions, are becoming a major source of CU innovation and power. One hundred...",
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"summary": "APPLETON, Wis. - Community First Credit Union has formed an alliance with three area nonprofits to open a new Community Partnership Center. A former credit union branch facility is now home to the Volunteer Center of East Central Wisconsin, the Soleburner Run/Walk, which benefits the American Cancer Society, and the...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Corporate federal credit unions and their credit union service organizations are permitted to assist member credit unions in purchasing and safekeeping of CDs issued by banks under NCUA regulation, NCUA Associate General Counsel Sheila Albin wrote in a recent legal opinion letter. Albin told Empire Corporate Credit Union Senior...",
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"summary": "Manifesting its ongoing support of member business lending, the NCUA Board has proposed several changes to its Member Business Loan (MBL) rule. One of the proposed changes would permit Credit Union Service Organizations to originate business loans. Some would view this change as a powerful tool in allowing the credit...",
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