SALT LAKE CITY - (08/31/05) -- Mountain America FCU said itintroduced a new service, called Women's Financial ServicesNetwork, to target the financial needs of females, especially forsmall business services. The concept was prompted by the fact themajority of Utah businesses are owned by women and Mountain Americais the second most active SBA lender in the state. The credit unionalso plans to focus the network on female financial needs forfamily and household managers, young adults just graduating fromhigh school or college and professionals in the corporate world, aswell as small businesses. The credit union plans to holdeducational seminars and presentations at various women's groups,sponsor local women's events and recently awarded four scholarshipsto female undergraduates at the University of Utah's School ofBusiness.
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