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PHOENIX. - In a break from negative economic news in the business press, Desert Schools FCU has managed to win some favorable media attention for what the CU considers its exceptional loan growth over the last year, much of it coming from mortgages and home equity. In front page articles...

NEW YORK - As more details about September 11's attack on the World Trade Center continue to become evident, increased information about casualties from the tragedy is also becoming available. It was first believed that no credit union lives were lost in the attack, but it is now known that...

OKLAHOMA CITY - It's been seven years since Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols masterminded the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that resulted in the deaths of 168 people, including 18 employees of Federal Employees Credit Union McVeigh has been executed, and Nichols who is already serving a...

BEAVERTON, Ore. - First Tech CU CEO Tom Sargent says he's lucky to have friends such as New York Yankee greats Hank Bauer and Moose Skowron, but the luckiest may be the Doernbecher's Children's Hospital in Portland. For the second straight year First Tech CU has put together the "Hank...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - U.S. Central put its staff through a disaster recovery drill last Saturday at its underground contingency facility. The successful test allowed U.S. Central to test all critical data processing functions typical of any given day of business. The drill was scheduled several months ago, however U.S....

DULUTH, Ga. - Look out CoinStar, Georgia Credit Union Affiliates and 23 statewide credit unions will now offer free coin counting services to members. cu-coin, the first credit union system free coin-counting operation in the state of Georgia, launched on October 2. Members can bring their loose coins to their...

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland City Council Oct. 2 unanimously passed an anti-predatory lending ordinance that regulates many of the most abusive practices that characterize predatory lending. Addressed in the law are loan flipping, high points and fees, prepayment penalties, the financing of single premium credit insurance, steering borrowers into...

Looking back five years ago finds the credit union movement being called to action. In his first meeting with the press since taking over as CUNA CEO Dan Mica said, "We're a small entity but there is a fervor about what we do. There is an intensity and a belief...