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NEW YORK -- Two noted Community Development Credit Unions have been have been named as semifinalists for the NEXT Awards For Opportunity Finance. The awards are sponsored by Wachovia Bank, funded by the John and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and include opportunities for low-cost loans and grants.

LAS VEGAS -- Perfect for procrastinators, Silver State Schools Credit Union is already seeing quick uptake of its latest leading-edge offering, a banking-based expedited payments service from Online Resources Corp.

LOWELL, Mass. -- Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union Assistant Treasurer/Residential Mortgage Loan Originator Elkin Montoya has been honored by Neighborworks America for his commitment to community service and revitalization.

LAS VEGAS -- As key lenders exit the market and balance sheets improve, credit unions have a unique opportunity to pursue new loan business, said Lee Butke, CEO of Corporate One FCU in Columbus, Ohio.

WASHINGTON -- Fueled by real estate and economic uncertainty, Loan Health Check-Ups produced by Credit Union Mortgage Alliance Network and the $94 million DVA Federal Credit Union have drawn standing room only crowds in Washington this summer. DVA is an acronym for Department of Veterans' Affairs, and the federal agency...

DENVER -- The campaign by some volunteers to gain a stronger voice in the management of trade associations, which cropped up three years ago within NAFCU, looks to resurface again in October at the annual meeting here of the National Association of Credit Union Chairmen.