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Four more credit unions have sold their credit card portfolios to TNB Card Services, the card portfolio purchasing and servicing arm of credit union-owned Town North Bank. TNB Card Services now owns and manages the card portfolios of more than 125 credit unions, the firm said.

He's the marathon man of New York credit unions.

Underbanked and lower income consumers and communities want convenience and low prices just like mainstream consumers do, but a recent study found that they also want intangible things like greater trust and a personal connection that credit unions may be better positioned to offer.

Two powerful nationwide consumer groups, the Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union, have urged that overdraft loan programs be limited to depositors who wish to use them and not applied to all accounts.

CUNA and CUNA Strategic Services' 2006 combined financial strength beat out the previous two years, according to CUNA's Annual Report.

During an address at the Big Ten Credit Union Conference held at the University of Notre Dame, NCUA Vice Chairman Rodney Hood announced his "Blueprint for 2020" Initiative to bolster the bonds between colleges and credit unions.