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SEATTLE -- Board members need to keep a close eye on the credit unions' overall direction, but not so much that they interfere with the top executives' ability to do their jobs, former NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar said today.

BALTIMORE -- It may be a huge stretch but who's to say if Olympic eight-time gold medal winner Michael Phelps would be a swimming icon today if it weren't for the Small Business Administration?

DENVER -- Delegates and media arriving Monday for the start of the Democratic National Convention will be greeted by a credit union awareness message plastered on a banner atop the new headquarters building of the Credit Union Association of Colorado/Wyoming.

SAN ANTONIO -- UNITED SA Federal Credit Union said it has received the "Rising Star" recognition from the Small Business Administration's San Antonio district office for its support of local small businesses.

FAIRFAX, Va. -- The Electronic Funds Transfer Association (www.efta.org) has elected Online Resources President/Chief Operating Officer Ray Crosier to a two-year term as chairman of its board of directors.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- As the weather cools this fall, North Carolina State Employees Credit Union will heat up Scam Jam, a program conducted in cooperation with various state agencies as well as private groups.