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MOUNDS VIEW, Minn. - Liberty Enterprises is getting into ID theft - on the defensive of course. Liberty Identity Theft Service is the name of the new offering, powered by San Francisco-based Identity Theft 911. Credit reports, e-mailed alerts and personalized crisis resolution are just part of the package, and...

WASHINGTON - After two years of witnessing virtually no growth in their auto loan activity, early numbers for 2004 indicate credit unions may finally have turned the page on the latest chapter of their auto lending activity history. "Zero percent financing just about took credit unions out of the market...

DALLAS - The Texas Credit Union League has teamed up with local financial institutions and law enforcement agencies to take a stand against fraud and identity theft. Supported by the Texas Attorney General's Office, Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI, the Loss Avoidance Alert System will be managed...

LONDON, England -Shopping until you drop behaviour and the large debt burdens that typically follow is not just a problem of the United States. Consumer debt is an international problem, and in England the Archbishop of Canterbury sees credit unions as a viable alternative to loan sharks and lack of...

* If a member receives an e-mail that warns them, with little or no notice, that an account will be closed unless they reconfirm their billing information, they should not reply or click on the link in the e-mail. Instead, contact the company directly using a telephone number or Web...

MADISON, Wis. - February saw the highest decline in credit unions since August 2001 even as 119,000 members were added for a total industry count of 85.2 million. CUNA Mutual Group's February Credit Union Trends Report revealed that the credit union marketplace shrank by 44. For the year, the industry...