MMI Becomes Largest Credit CounselingAgency

HOUSTON - (11/19/03) -- Money Management International saidit has merged with credit counseling firms in California and Maine,making it the nation's largest non-profit credit-counseling firm.MMI said it completed a merger with Consumer Credit CounselingServices of Maine, which has nine full-time offices in the state,and with Consumer Credit Counseling Services of the East Bay, whichhas four offices that serve residents in Alameda, Contra Costa andSolano counties in California. The firms will continue to operatelocally as CCCS, but they will be known nationwide as MMI. Inaddition to in-person counseling, MMI will provide counseling 24hours a day, seven days a week on the telephone and over theInternet. MMI has merged with 10 credit counseling agencies since2000.