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"summary": "WEATHERFORD, Oklahoma - Some decisions are made simply because they're the right thing to do. Such was the case with John May's recent decision to retire as president/CEO of Texas Dow Employees Credit Union in Lake Jackson, Texas, and to join the faculty at his alma mater Southwestern Oklahoma State...",
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"summary": "How many times have you found yourself in a conversation on a plane, at a banquet, or child's soccer game, and you are asked what type of work you do? Your answer, \"I work in the credit union industry\" usually leads to the same enthusiastic response \"I have a great...",
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"summary": "Just a comment on Mike Welch's column about the performance of credit unions over the last several years (CU Times, Aug. 7). I agree we should be very proud of the job CUs are doing for their members even though we may have a handful of individuals who perhaps have...",
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"uri": "/2002/09/17/adverse-data-reporting-disclosure-problem-in-reg-relief-solved/",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-Last week, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Mike Oxley (R-Ohio) said that the House should be able to vote on the Financial Services Regulatory Relief bill (H.R. 3951) soon, according to a report in American Banker. The regulatory relief legislation has been stymied by a provision that requires financial institutions...",
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"title": "Ed Callahan: CU movement depends on 80 million members, not the other way around",
"summary": "NEW ORLEANS - Patelco CU President/CEO Ed Callahan isn't known for mincing words, and he lived up to his reputation when he pointedly told attendees at NASCUS' 2002 Annual Conference that the picture of the credit union movement the industry is accustomed to seeing that puts federal and state regulators...",
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"uri": "/2002/09/17/credit-unions-likely-to-recover-funds-invested-with-bentley-financial-services/",
"title": "Credit unions likely to recover funds invested with Bentley Financial Services",
"summary": "PHILADELPHIA - More than 200 investors including a number of credit unions and banks are expected to recover $368 million invested in Bentley Financial Services, a firm shut down last October by the SEC for selling uninsured investments. The SEC alleges that Robert L. Bentley's firm claimed the investments were...",
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"uri": "/2002/09/17/congressional-fundraising-down-from-2000-election-cycle-fec-says/",
"title": "Congressional fundraising down from 2000 election cycle, FEC says",
"summary": "WASHINGTON-While congressional campaigns raised a total of $604.6 million from January 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002, these numbers still represent a 7% drop from the record levels of the 2000 campaign, according to data released by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The bulk of the decline can be blamed...",
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"uri": "/2002/09/17/massachusetts-consumers-increasingly-turning-to-cus-for-mortgage-loans/",
"title": "Massachusetts consumers increasingly turning to CUs for mortgage loans",
"summary": "WOBURN, Mass. - Massachusetts, like the rest of the country, has been enjoying an increase in the number of mortgages financed thanks to record low interest rates. Recently released data from a leading provider of mortgage services to credit unions in New England shows CUs have transacted a record growth...",
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"uri": "/2002/09/17/eight-more-cus-sell-portfolios-to-inficorp/",
"title": "Eight more CUs sell portfolios to InfiCorp",
"summary": "ATLANTA - Another eight credit unions have sold their credit card portfolios to InfiCorp. The following CUs sold to InfiCorp: the $440 million Silver State Schools Credit Union, Las Vegas; the $88 million First American Credit Union, Beloit, Wisconsin; the $42 million North County Credit Union, San Diego; the $255...",
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"summary": "I just wanted to say Mike Welch's comments with respect to CUNA's marked improvement over the past five years were right on point (\"As trade groups and CUs grow, so do salaries\", CU Times, Aug. 21). The difference is striking. In an American Banker article just last week, CNBC commentator...",
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"title": "Backers hope reorganized CDCU will further credit union's growth, reach",
"summary": "HENDERSON, N.C. - When the $1.5 million Gateway Community Development Credit Union formally reorganizes and opens its doors as Generations Community Credit Union on November 1, its officers and those of its reorganization sponsors, hope it does so as a powerful vehicle for spreading credit unions even further across the...",
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"summary": "TOPEKA, Kan. - With help from CUNA, the Kansas Credit Union League is hopeful its own political action program can help elect an incumbent Democratic congressman from Kansas City, Dennis Moore, who faces a tough race this November. \"We're sending out fliers and reminding credit union members that Moore has...",
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"uri": "/2002/09/17/heritage-cu-among-many-picking-up-pieces-after-horrific-tornado-strikes/",
"title": "Heritage CU among many picking up pieces after horrific tornado strikes",
"summary": "LADYSMITH, Wis. - The sentiment has been echoed by many of the town folk here: if it had to happen on any day, Labor Day was as good as any. It being the powerful tornado that came without much warning and ravaged at least 26 businesses, 17 homes and damaged...",
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"title": "CUNA pleads H.R. 333's case again, while NAFCU lobbyists say action unlikely last week",
"summary": "WASHINGTON-CUNA sent a letter last week to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), yet again, encouraging swift movement on the bankruptcy reform legislation. At the same time, NAFCU lobbyists reported that action on the bill was unlikely after deadline last week. CUNA President and CEO Dan Mica admitted in...",
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"summary": "NEW YORK - Money from the American Express Economic Independence Fund will support an effort by the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (NFCDCU) to further financial literacy. The Federation will use a $30,000 grant from the Fund to fund a Financial Literacy Day in New York City on...",
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"summary": "SACRAMENTO - Some 1,100 applicants later, Teresa Halleck emerged as the choice to lead the $4 billion The Golden 1 CU. With 1,100 applicants, the top job at The Golden 1 CU was obviously coveted by many. Halleck herself already leads a billion dollar CU as the CEO of the...",
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"summary": "DURHAM, N.C.-Seventeen creditors, including two credit union CEOs and a credit union chairman, have signed onto a letter sent to leaders of the House and Senate opposing the bankruptcy reform legislation (H.R. 333) as anti-consumer. Movement on the bill is expected to hold off until just after deadline. While acknowledging...",
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"summary": "LATHAM, NY - On the one-year anniversary of Sept. 11, the New York Credit Union Foundation announced how the funds it raised for 9/11 will be disbursed. Victims' families, credit unions close to Ground Zero and New York City police and fire services are to be recipients of the balance...",
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"summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Credit unions added the most underserved areas so far this year during the month of July, according to the latest NCUA data. Fifty-four underserved areas were added to credit unions' fields of membership in July for a 63.5% approval rating. Deferred underserved areas totaled 31 (36.5%) and no applications...",
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"summary": "BADIN, N.C. - A number of members at Badin Employees Credit Union stand to be impacted when one of the town's larger employers completes its second round of layoffs by the end of the year. Alcoa announced in July that a \"temporary curtailment of aluminum production\" at its primary aluminum...",
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"summary": "MADISON, Wis.-CUNA has set the week of April 13-19, 2003 as National Credit Union Youth Week. The celebration's theme, \"Youth Count at Credit Unions,\" is intended to encourage credit unions to be mindful of the financial needs of consumers under 18. \"We were very happy with the response last year,...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-While credit union trade associations expressed their support for the overall goals of the proposed regulation implementing the USA PATRIOT Act, CUNA and NAFCU suggested that some of its provisions were overly burdensome and that the compliance deadline should be moved back. The interagency PATRIOT Act regulation requires that financial...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON-As of Sept. 5, Philippa \"Pippa\" Malmgren, special assistant to the President for economic policy, is resigning her post. CUNA and NAFCU had both met with her to discuss credit union issues with the White House. \"We were very fortunate that someone of her caliber and enthusiasm and intelligence held...",
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"summary": "WASHINGTON - A quick look at numbers showing the percentage of auto and mortgage loans credit unions have outstanding may seem like credit unions are putting more emphasis on the mortgage side of their portfolios at the expense of the loan product that has been the mainstay of CUs' loan...",
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"summary": "EL PASO, Texas - A credit union service organization, founded by a coalition of local credit unions with help from credit union foundations, has enabled 28 low income El Paso families to own their own homes and is arranging to help an additional 30 attain the same goal, according to...",
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"summary": "Missouri Credit Union System, St. Louis, Mo. Has named Mica DeLong director of communications. North Carolina Credit Union League, Greensboro, has elected the following directors to its youth financial education advisory committee: Sara Trexler and Leigh Brady, State Employees' CU; Jewell Penn, American Partners FCU; Candace Smith, Freedom FCU; John...",
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