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A recent Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust survey reported the slowest rate of health insurance premium growth since 2000, but premiums still increased more than twice as fast as workers' wages (3.8%) and overall inflation (3.5%).

The Coalition for Credit Union Charter Options, the banker led group which advocates for credit unions seeking to convert their charters to mutual banks, is using the ongoing governance fight at the $726 million Columbia Community Credit Union in an attempt to draw members and to raise funds.

VantageScore Solutions, LLC, a newly formed company launched by three national credit reporting companies in March, has appointed Barrett Burns as president and CEO, effective immediately.

A burgeoning financial services market is great for options and opportunity so long as there is also consumer education.

As part of Wisconsin's "Money Smart Week," First America Credit Union is holding an investment seminar for beginners.

Credit unions and other mortgage lenders are well aware of the increased popularity over the past few years of alternative mortgage products as a way of making purchasing homes more affordable, but that increased usage has come with risks.