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"title": "Minnesota's Advice to California on `Celebrity' Governor: Take Advantage Of Working with a Clean Slate",
"summary": "BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - It's too early to tell what's in store for California credit unions with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the governor's mansion, but Minnesota credit unions learned very quickly that their celebrity-turned-governor didn't have much interest in credit unions. Kevin Chandler probably wishes he could give a glowing report on...",
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"summary": "WILLIAMSBURG, Va.-Changing from a single sponsor to a community charter can be a culture shock for marketing execs. The credit union's marketing budget has to stretch even further. At NACCU's Annual Conference, Georgia Federal Credit Union Vice President of Marketing Kim Wall offered several creative solutions for a tight marketing...",
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"summary": "SACRAMENTO, Calif.- Pedro Reyes, deputy policy director for California State Assembly Speaker Herb J. Wesson, Jr. has recently been appointed to The Golden 1 Credit Union board of directors. Prior to his current position, he worked for 11 years at the California Department of Finance specializing in fiscal and policy...",
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"summary": "ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Credit unions in the lower 48 states got a taste on 9/11 of what it's like for the country's air transportation system to be grounded and to not be able to send checks for processing. That was fortunately only a temporary inconvenience. But imagine working for a...",
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"title": "CU, Banking Reps Rub Elbows, Network at Deluxe `Knowledge Exchange'",
"summary": "BOSTON - How often do you see staff from credit unions and banks at a conference networking with each other on subjects such as consumer behavior and improving financial services? That's exactly what happened during Deluxe Financial Services' first in what is planned to be a series of Knowledge Exchange...",
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"title": "Liberty Marketing Services Develops HELOC Marketing Material for Texas CUs",
"summary": "MOUNDS VIEWS, Minn. - Last month, Texans passed a constitutional amendment that, among its provisions, authorizes home equity lines of credit. Now Liberty Marketing Services wants to help credit unions take competitive advantage of the reform measure. The company, a division of Liberty Enterprises, has developed a Market Assessment and...",
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"summary": "NEW YORK - Keeping up with the Joneses, and 250 million of their closest friends and neighbors, along with making sure you comply with the letter of the law in servicing these folks, can be a daunting task. But it has to be done, if credit unions want to be...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va. - NCUA has set January 26, 2004 for the next Partnering and Leadership Successes (PALS) workshop on how credit unions can provide alternatives to predatory lending practices. \"This important workshop will share credit unions' affordable loan programs, special savings programs and innovative services to save consumers who are...",
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"summary": "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Credit Union Times welcomes Michelle Samaad as a full-time member of its editorial staff. In her new role as Reporter-at-Large, Samaad will have the flexibility to cover all sorts of credit union news events throughout the country, though she will focus on the investment beat,...",
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"summary": "AUSTIN, Texas - On Oct. 13, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed HB 7, an omnibus bill that amends the Texas Debt Collection Act as found under Section 392.304(a) of the Texas Finance Code and includes a Texas Credit Union League-supported provision that specifies disclosure requirements for "third-party debt collectors. The...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-Representatives from CUNA met with White House officials to discuss their similar interests in faith-based and community outreach. CUNA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs John McKechnie and Vice President of Legislative Affairs and Senior Legislative Counsel Gary Kohn met Oct. 3 with Jeremy White, associate director of outreach for...",
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"title": "New York, New Jersey CUs Promote International Credit Union Week Message on the Today Show",
"summary": "NEW YORK - Nearly 60 New York and New Jersey credit union members, staff and association representatives celebrated International Credit Union Week and Day with a bang by gathering October 14, 2003, on the set of the Today show in Manhattan. The event, which was organized by the New York...",
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"summary": "SEATTLE-Due to previous responsibilities, Boeing Employees Credit Union President and CEO Gary Oakland was unable to testify before the board, but had already submitted a letter for the record. He strongly advocated that the agency better separate its regulatory and insurance duties. He cited the Deloitte and Touche study which...",
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"title": "Empire Chooses SVPCo in pre-Check 21 Move to Prepare for More Check Image Exchanges",
"summary": "ALBANY, N.Y. - Though Check 21 isn't a done deal just yet and its effects won't fully be realized for a few years, the $4.7 billion Empire Corporate isn't wasting any time laying the groundwork to take advantage of it. In a major deal, Empire has formed an agreement with...",
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"summary": "TULSA, Okla. - In a proactive move taken to "help secure a strong future for the League," the Oklahoma Credit Union League Board of Directors approved a succession plan naming Lisa Finley as executive vice president and successor to League President/CEO Bob Bianchini. Bianchini has been League president since 1994...",
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"summary": "SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - It's an issue that firefighter credit unions have long grappled with: how to preserve their "special" common bond amidst the growth of community charters while also facing competitive forces. "Sure, it's a struggle and a problem every firefighter credit union has dealt with in trying to expand...",
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"summary": "HARRISBURG, Pa. - Add Continental Credit Union to the growing list of fake credit union advertisements, which include Century CU and First Rate CU. The ad included a false Scranton, Pennsylvania address and the toll free number routed callers to Canada. The state attorney general's office said a number of...",
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"summary": "THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. - The Thurston Union of Low Income People Credit Union, a start-up credit union committed to working with low-income county residents, hopes that it has finally overcome its last hurdle to opening its doors. State and federal regulators recently completed the new CU's first audit and now...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-CUNA and NAFCU pointed out several regulations that could use some tweaking in NCUA's statutorily mandated 10-year review of regulations. The federal banking agencies recently launched their reviews of their regulations as mandated under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996. NCUA requested comments on regulations...",
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"summary": "PLYMOUTH, Mich. - The full Michigan Senate was expected to take up legislation on Wednesday, Oct. 15 and Thursday, Oct. 16 that will significantly overhaul the state's credit union laws and regulations for the first time since 1986. The Michigan Credit Union League hoped Senate Bill 496 would be taken...",
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"summary": "OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - CNBS may be owned by credit unions but its services aren't just for credit unions any more. \"At our planning session we were given the green light to go after any institution's business - banks, thrifts, insurance companies, etcetera,\" said CNBS President Brian Hague. \"We've begun...",
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"summary": "I am writing this letter to correct the erroneous reporting on our credit union's conversion to a Federal Charter (CU Times 9/24/03). The article states that our credit union converted to a federal charter to avoid being audited by the Internal Revenue Service for Unrelated Business Income Tax. This statement...",
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"summary": "VIENNA, Va. - It's a milestone that's poised to happen sometime in November but when Navy Federal Credit Union reaches the $20 billion mark, the fanfare will be minimal and the emphasis will continue to be on being the primary financial institution for sailors and members of the Marine Corps...",
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