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Frank: No Problems with Credit Unions

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WASHINGTON-House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Barney Frank (D-Mass.) thanked credit unions for not causing extra work for him and his staff back in the district. "One of the things that marks the business I'm in is we only hear from people when there are problems." he said. "I cannot...

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WASHINGTON-At NAFCU's Congressional Caucus last week, Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) said he was possibly interested in introducing broader regulatory relief than what the House-passed bill offers. The House's Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 1375) deals primarily with what he called "charter issues." Crapo said, "When I picked up the...

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SBA Wants to Tap CUs to Reach Even More Small Business Owners

WASHINGTON - The Small Business Administration is looking to further expand its relationship with credit unions, according to SBA Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus speaking to NAFCU's Congressional Caucus last week. There are 25 million small business owners, she stated. More than 10 million are women and 51% of all employees...

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Sen. Reed Tells NAFCU Caucus He Favors Private Insurance Disclosure Proposal

WASHINGTON-Senate Banking Committee Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) told attendees of NAFCU's Congressional Caucus last week that he favored greater private insurance disclosures. Reed explained that he experienced what happened first hand with the Rhode Island insurance debacle and stated, "We don't want to see that happen again." He said that...

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J.D. Power: Dealers Counting on Business from Subprime Customers

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. - Most dealers interviewed for a recently conducted study by J.D. Power and Associates indicated they plan to increase nonprime business in the next year. The company's 2004 Dealer Financing Satisfaction Study cited several factors influencing dealers' increased interest in subprime financing such as a tough job...

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Insight Financial CU Finds Indirect Lending is Ticket to Cross-selling Members on CU Services

ORLANDO, Fla. - Insight Financial CU credits its indirect lending not only with helping the CU grow its auto loan portfolio, but also increasing member penetration of other products and services it offers. The $356 million, 52,711 member-CU (as of June 30, 2004) has been involved with indirect lending for...

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Oxley Discusses Taxation, Reg Relief with FCUs

WASHINGTON-House Financial Services Committee Chairman Mike Oxley (R-Ohio) touched on a number of credit union-related issues at NAFCU's Congressional Caucus last week. But few grab credit unions' attention like taxation and regulatory relief. Credit unions are one of the top lobbying groups in Washington, and that is "how you create...

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Houston Postal CU's Telecommuting a Hit with Staffers, Members

HOUSTON - Who says work can only effectively be conducted at the credit union branch? Since early 2000, Houston Postal Credit Union through its telecommuting program has been slowly building a successful network of "virtual" offices at staffers' homes. HPCU President/CEO Vladimir Stark says several factors combined led to creating...

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