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Citizens United Decision Leaves Industries Free To Battle In California Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.26.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The race for a newly drawn congressional district in California's Inland Empire is shaping up as a clash of titans. It's not the candida...

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Checking Accounts That Pay Decent Interest

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 05.23.2012

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High-yield checking accounts might be as rare as Sasquatch these days, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. An annual survey from Bankrate.com, ...

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Credit Unions Are Easily Forgiven -- Banks, Not So Much

Credit.com | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Banks, Business, Forgiveness, Credit Unions, Great Recession, Credit Union, Money News

The Temkin Group, a business that consults on and researches customer experiences, has done a new survey of 10,000 consumers to determine which businesses customers are most and least likely to forgive.

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Why Credit Unions Matter

Gary Oakland | Posted 05.20.2012

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Credit unions serve more than 90 million Americans and play a key role in supporting our economic recovery. Unfortunately, current law imposes requirements which unfairly penalize healthy credit unions for growing to meet the needs of their members.

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The Business of Foster Care

Ryann Blackshere | Posted 05.14.2012

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College students excitedly anticipate opening their mailboxes to find care packages filled with food, school supplies, and other college essentials sent from mom and dad. But for students who grew up in foster care, the care packages don't often come.

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Hey JPMorgan, A Bank Account Is Not Like A Gym Membership

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Interest Rates, JP Morgan Chase, Free Checking, Debit Card, Checking Account, Bank Fees, Savings Account, Credit Union, Bank of America, Bank Account, Credit Card Rewards Programs, Money News

JP Morgan Chase wants consumers to believe that a maintenance fee for a checking account is just another ordinary item in a household's monthly budget...

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Making Bank Transfer Day Work for You

Richard Barrington | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Bank Transfer Day, November 5th, Bank Fees, Fdic, Credit Union, Checking Accounts, Savings Accounts, Money Market Accounts, Interest Rates, Cds, Business News

As a consumer you have the right to look for free checking accounts, and the highest interest rates on CDs, savings accounts and money market accounts. Don't limit your choices to credit unions.

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Top Credit Union Halts Wage Garnishing In Response To State Government Layoffs

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 07.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Facing heavy government layoffs from budget cuts, the North Carolina State Employees Credit Union says it will no longer seek to garnish...

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Credit CARD Act One Year Later: Was it a Success?

Scott Gamm | Posted 05.25.2011

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One year ago on February 22, 2010, the epic Credit CARD Act took effect, which aimed to reform the entire credit card industry. Has it been a success? The simple answer: yes and no.

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Join a World-Wide Bank Run in December -- Move Your Money

Robert E. Prasch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Move Your Money, Financial Crisis, Mym, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Community Banks, Too Big to Fail, Credit Union, World News

"A spectre is haunting Europe." No, its not the revolution that Karl Marx supposed would come about. It is the simple act of removing all of our money from the big banks, and doing so en masse on the same day -- December 7th.

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Pioneers of the New Normal

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

Americans are facing a troubling reality. The economic recovery we were promised has not materialized. There's growing talk about a "new normal"--a ne...

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Frustrate the Bankers: Give Credit Unions More Biz-Lending Authority

Bill Cheney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Banks, Small Businesses, Business Lending, Credit Union, Credit Unions, Small Business Owners, Bankers, Business News

The only ones who oppose expanding credit union business lending are banks -- and they are thwarting its consideration.

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How C.D.O.'s Brought Down A Credit Union

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WHEN Wall Street is accused -- as it has been so often these days -- of selling risky products to unwitting customers, it usually argues that investor...

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Community banks capitalize on social media

Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011

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Community banks and credit unions have been around since the mid 1800s. Unlike most commercial banks which exist as publicly listed companies, credit ...

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Tales Of A Pioneering Big Bank Refugee

Peter G. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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As banks have gotten bigger and badder there's been an increasing urge to go elsewhere, to send business to community banks and local credit unions, s...

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Move Our Money: Why Universities Should Join the Movement

Dan Apfel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Move Your Money, Move Your Money Campaign, Mym, Local Banks, Too Big to Fail, Credit Union, College News

You know where you keep your money, but where do the institutions where you go to school, work and live keep their money? Most of them have accounts with one or more of the major banks.

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Big Bank Customers Move Their Money And Explain Why

Posted 05.25.2011

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Americans fed up with the lack of financial reform and the behavior of big Wall Street banks are moving their money to smaller community banks and cre...

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WesCorp, U.S. Central: Regulators Seize Control Of Two Credit Unions

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Friday seized control of two large institutions that provide wholesale financing for U.S. credit unions, a mo...

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