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"summary": "ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In a strategic move to capture both business and residential accounts and cement ties with Pueblo tribes, U.S. New Mexico Federal Credit Union has opened a branch on reservation land in one of the city's high growth areas. The Santa Ana Pueblo branch is located across from...",
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"summary": "UTICA, Mich. - Credit union tech vendors are not apt to turn down business, but a poorly written and presented Request for Proposal from a credit union may have the same effect. Jason Sherrill, president of InetSolution, Utica, Mich., an Internet services firm serving CUs, said some RFPs are just...",
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