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Capital Communications Federal Credit Union, has donated new backpacks filled with all the necessary school supplies to Joseph's House & Shelter Equinox Youth Shelter and St. Catherine's Marillac Family Center through its Capital Communications Cares Foundation. In addition, CCFCU provided dinner and 65 comfort bags to the residents of Joseph's...

DURHAM, N.C. - Quietly and little recognized by even the credit union industry, an effort sponsored by the $115 million Self-Help Credit Union, based in Durham, North Carolina, has helped make thousands of mortgages available to low-income people across the country in the last five years. In doing so, the...

PORTLAND, Me. - Military families, including credit union members, are being targeted by con artists trying to profit from concern about troops stationed in Iraq. Maine offers an example. Jon Paradise, director of communications at the Maine Credit Union League, got a heads-up call from three credit unions about a...

OCEANSIDE, Calif. - Low-income residents here are likely to be looking heavenward and shouting hallelujah now that Faith Based Federal Credit Union has opened for business. No longer will those residents have to rely on pawnshops, payday loan operators, storefront check cashers and local liquor stores and supermarkets as their...

MADISON, Wis. - While you can judge a sports team by looking at its win/loss record, judging the effectiveness of a marketing campaign isn't that easy, if even possible. But that doesn't stop credit union marketers from trying to raise awareness about credit unions through touchdowns, hat tricks, slam dunks...

WASHINGTON - With the increased fervor to meet members' growing and complex needs and the uptick in the number of charter conversions, credit union directors are more vital than ever. Some say credit unions should have the option to pay these key players, while others think that crosses a line...

TROY, Mich.- Credit union data processors continue to answer the call from credit unions for more efficient member service capabilities. GalaxyPlus, a Fiserv data processing subsidiary subsidiary, has introduced Member Relationship Plus, a turnkey call center system for credit unions that tracks issues of members and non-members faster and more...

BRIDGETON, Mo. - Just as a recent General Accounting Office report claims more credit unions than ever are doing less to serve moderate and low-income households, residents of an Illinois community "held hostage" by check-cashing stores and bank fees will now have access to a plethora of financial services thanks...