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PHOENIX -- The Arizona Credit Union System said Thursday it expects to have representation at a noon rally today on the state capitol grounds highlighted by a new call by state Attorney General Terry Goddard to defeat a ballot measure aiding the payday industry.

WASHINGTON -- Fewer than half of high school seniors surveyed know that the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies are required to provide consumers with a free copy of their credit report, according to study conducted by the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- In preparation for next weeks Red Flags deadline, Secure Identity Systems partnered with Harris Interactive to conduct a survey that found that consumers or more concerned about identity theft than bank fees or financial reimbursement if their bank fails.

FAIRBORN, Ohio -- By design the $1.3 billion Wright-Patt Credit Union has shunned merger bids in favor of "focusing on the member," but in less than two weeks the state's largest CU has agreed to take on a small suburban Dayton CU that pursued Wright-Patt as a merger partner.

WASHINGTON -- Saying that some institutions expressed confusion about the Red Flag requirements, the Federal Trade Commission said today that they won't take any enforcement actions on state-chartered credit unions until May 1.

BROOKFIELD, Wis. -- Fiserv Inc. is introducing a newly designed lending platform that the company said will allow financial institutions to administer all loans "holistically, rather than in the traditional silos."