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The president/CEO, C. Alan Peppers, frequently stressed that consolidation "is now a way of life in Colorado" as the Denver CU says it is open to more mergers in the future. The CU also spent months in coming up with the Westerra name hiring a local agency for marketing communication.

Jill Jarman took the reins at Credit Union House on Capitol Hill early this year. Jarman replaced Kyle Noble as Credit Union House manager as of Jan. 3, 2006; prior to that she served as director of advocacy and communication with the Montana Credit Union Network. Most recently in her...

In one of the largest credit union dividends ever, the $1.8 billion DFCU Financial will distribute $17.5 million to its members in January 2007.

For the first time in 12 years, the Democratic Party won control over the House of Representatives in the 2006 elections, as well as barely tipping the scale in the Senate.

Since this year's final data will not be available until early 2007, it's impossible to tell precisely how many credit unions sold their card portfolios to agent issuing partners in 2006.

At Treasury's Southwest Regional Conference on Reaching Unbanked People, NCUA Chairman JoAnn Johnson and other government officials took the stage to share consumer-oriented best practices.