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THE PHILIPPINES - For the past five years the changes in the Philippine credit union movement have been significant. This is a country of 7,107 islands with 75 million people speaking 80 dialects, and it would be easy to think that that type of geographic and language diversity would hinder...

PASADENA, Calif. - With recent media reports indicating that nearly 94,000 people under age 25 filed for bankruptcy in 2002, and that 86% of high school students said they learned everything they know about money from their parents, Wescom CU has hosted `Smart Saver" seminars. On a Saturday morning Wescom...

Spokane Teachers Credit Union , Wash., has been awarded the second place trophy by Washington CEO Magazine on its 2003 Best Companies to Work For list. The award honors workplace excellence among the best not-for-profit/governmental organizations, and small, medium, and large sized companies in the state. Every company in the...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas - Gone may be the days when members know each teller by name. A recent D. Hilton Associates Inc. 2003 Employee Hiring and Turnover Survey finds that more than one of every four faces credit union members saw at the teller window last year was probably unfamiliar....

BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Fiserv is poised to become an even bigger player in the credit union data processing space. Fiserv is seeking to acquire EDS' credit union division, which has been rumored to be up for sale for months now. According to TheDeal.com EDS is looking to sell the unit...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Credit unions with card portfolios can sometimes find them difficult to manage and keep profitable and some have speculated that credit union's in general, like community banks and thrifts, have no business managing their own credit card portfolios when large banks that only issue cards, are able...

HOUSTON - It's becoming more common to see credit union advertising at concerts, sporting events and the like. The $176 million PrimeWay Federal Credit Union is getting into the act. The credit union will soon be making its debut at the Houston-based Verizon Wireless Theater, home to over 100 concerts...

PASADENA, Calif. - Wescom Credit Union's annual Speaker Series kicked off with Minnesota Public Radio's "Sound Money" co-host and Business Week Contributing Economics Editor Chris Farrell. Farrell discussed the outlook for the economy and inflation, as well as long-term returns to be expected in the stock and bond markets. Wescom...