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WASHINGTON -- NAFCU President Fred Becker recently tipped off consumers to "America's best kept secret"--credit unions.

WASHINGTON -- NAFCU President Fred Becker recently tipped off consumers to "America's best kept secret"--credit unions.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Setting its sights on becoming a major player in "workplace" or SEG-based business in priority markets next year, the $750 million Xerox Federal Credit Union said Wednesday it is on the lookout for more CU partners in California or on the East Coast even as it...

WASHINGTON -- The Community Financial Services Association of America, an association representing roughly 50% of payday lenders in the U.S., is promulgating a working paper prepared by a researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that suggests statewide bans on payday lending have hurt consumers in those states.

NEW YORK -- Newtek Business Services, Inc., a provider of business services and financial products to the small- and medium-sized business market, has signed its 200th credit union partner.

Charlotte Ayers, president/CEO of Georgia's Own Credit Union, has been appointed the newest member of Georgia Central Credit Union's board of directors.

For the third consecutive year, Ascend Federal Credit Union is giving money back to its members just in time for the holiday season.

New York's "Hometown" paper, the New York Daily News, featured a story on Dec. 3 about SEIU CU member Onika Shepherd, who remembered how well her credit union treated her when she was in college and got a car loan. CUs were all about auto loans, right?