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SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Rather than the 6% mandated by the Soldiers & Sailors Act, Community First Credit Union has lowered consumer loan interest rates to 0% for those members called to active duty. Community First CU members who are being activated to military duty can apply for the special...

PASADENA, Calif. - Los Angeles Firemen have made the holidays a little bit easier for those New York Fire Department families still putting their lives back together. Through a fund established by the Los Angeles Firemen's Credit Union, the Los Angeles City Fire Department has raised $2.25 million to benefit...

Here are some observations on some credit union topics before 2001 becomes history: * As the controversial Community Action Plan (CAP) hits the front page again, on the eve of its dreaded effective date of January 1, 2002, it appears likely that it will soon vanish from the credit union...

HARRISBURG, Pa. -Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union is now offering IRA applications and related forms online through an agreement with BISYS Retirement Services. Once a member enters their account number and PIN, many of the required fields will be pre-populated so the members will have a minimum of information to...

WASHINGTON-While predicting that up to another one million Americans could find themselves out of work over the next few months, CUNA Vice President of Economics and Statistics Mike Schenk told attendees at the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) conference in Washington, D.C. November 29, unemployment probably will not reach the...

MADISON, Wis. - High ranking Philippines government officials joined Philippine President Gloria Arroyo last month in commending the World Council of Credit Unions for the organization's Credit Union Empowerment and Strengthening Project which focuses on providing affordable financial services to people, especially women, in some of the poorest areas of...

Telephone Credit Union, Cleveland, Ohio, has named Robert Bayne business development representative and Michael Kretovics business development representative.

OMAHA, Neb. - Responding to attacks from critics that Western Union overcharges its mostly low-income customers, Peter Ziverts, a vice president of corporate communications with Western Union Financial Services Inc., a subsidiary of First Data Corp., defended the company's pricing policy on international money transfer services. In a Nov. 30...