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The largest earthquake to rock the Hawaiian Islands since 1975 woke Hawaiians out of their slumber early on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 15, and fortunately did not cause much damage to credit unions.

A recent study conducted by Callahan's Internet Strategy Consortium revealed that 51% of online members have met with a financial planner/advisor, but only 6% used the credit union for this service.

Only two credit unions have made The Principal's 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security--Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union and GTE Federal Credit Union.

Alabama Credit Union has extended its partnership with FundsXpress until 2010.

Fort Campbell Federal Credit Union has now been offering online bill pay for five years and about 1,300 active bill payers are using the service as the adoption pace continues to pick up, the CU says.

CUNA Mutual Group is conducting a series of free Webinars for credit unions to learn how the Pension Protection Act of 2006 will affect them.