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CUs Saved Consumers $529 Million in Year: North Carolina Study

By Jim Rubenstein

GREENSBORO, N.C. --Through lower fees and loan costs plus higher deposit rates, North Carolina consumers have saved $529 million in a single year, according to results from an updated study released Tuesday and produced by a University of Alabama economist and former finance adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of...

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WOCCU Takes Pre-emptive Stance Against CU Tax Threats in Costa Rica

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- United States credit unions aren't the only financial cooperatives under banker attack. World Council of Credit Union officials and volunteers have been hard at work in Costa Rica, mounting an international lobby effort to fight tax threats facing the Central American country's not-for-profit financial cooperatives.

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April 29, 2008

On-Site Coverage: Treasury Blueprint Still Has Long, Long Way to Go

LAS VEGAS -- NCUA Senior Policy Advisor Gary Kohn had a bit of advice for those concerned about the future of credit unions under the Department of Treasury's Blueprint proposal: "don't lose any sleep over it."

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April 29, 2008

On-Site Coverage: NCUA Reassures Third Party Rule Buffers Against Risks

LAS VEGAS -- Speaking this morning at NACUSO's annual conference NCUA Board Member Gigi Hyland reassured attendees that the agency has safety and soundness in mind when it directs examiners to take a closer look at the third-party relationships that credit unions form to bring additional services to members.

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April 29, 2008

New Jersey League Hoping For New CU

HACKENSACK, NJ -- The New Jersey Credit Union League hopes the organizers of a new community development credit union (CDCU) will break an 11 year drought in the chartering of new CUs in the state.

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April 29, 2008

New Jersey League Hoping For New CU

HACKENSACK, NJ -- The New Jersey Credit Union League hopes the organizers of a new community development credit union (CDCU) will break an 11 year drought in the chartering of new CUs in the state.

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April 29, 2008

Paying Debts and Saving Tops Survey of How Members Will Spend Rebate

Winston-Salem, N.C. -- Members of Truliant Federal Credit Union here have already voted on how they plan to spend those tax refund and surplus checks soon to arrive from the government, and going on a shopping spree isn't an option.

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April 29, 2008