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To introduce its new Web site, Ascend United, a broker of credit union debt, is giving away one 100 gram bar of .999 pure gold to one lucky credit union person who registers on its newly launched Web site www.ascendunited.com during the three-week period between Jan. 24 and Feb. 14.

Texans Credit Union finished its 2007 fundraising campaign for United Way with a $225,206 donation.

There were plenty of high fives and well wishes last week for Jeanine Miller, the retiring head teller at the $202 million Members CU here, who may have set a local mark for job longevity--44 years.

Firestone Federal Credit Union President/CEO Jeff Rush is retiring effective Feb. 27, 2008.

A new technical report issued by World Council of Credit Unions finds that the mutual ownership and equal distribution of profits typical among financial cooperatives may make credit unions attractive for Islamic savers and borrowers.

Langley Federal Credit Union is touting the "green" ethos as well as the greenbacks it saves in promoting its new electronic bill pay service.