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SAN ANTONIO -- For her work in building the business department at $4.6 billion Security Service Federal Credit Union, Yvonne Fernandez, assistant vice president of commercial services, recently received the financial services champion of the year award from the South-West Texas Border Small Business Development Center Network.

PLANO, Texas -- The Fed is likely to raise key short term interest rates by election time, said economist Jeff Thredgold, who will present at Southwest Corporate's 31st Economic Forum October 28 and 29.

WASHINGTON -- Between 2003 and 2006, the rates of return for defined benefit pension plans outpaced those for employee-directed 401(k) plans, according a report released today from Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a consulting firm.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Teres Solutions and Allied Solutions have partnered on an integrated insurance and lending offering for credit unions and other financial institutions.

HARRISBURG, PA -- In what may be a sign of the times, fourteen credit unions in Pennsylvania have signed up with a Pennsylvania Credit Union Association program which audits CU staff and volunteers' credit card accounts.

DENVER, Colo. -- Charging debit card holders more to use personal identification numbers than signatures to validate their debit transactions does not appear to significantly impact card holder behavior, a recent survey found.