WASHINGTON - The sounds of cheering from the day before were still ringing in Eric Richard's ears when the phone rang in the Green Room, the speaker waiting area backstage at the Hilton Washington's International Ballroom.

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DALLAS - Just weeks after raising $60 million to help it pursue bigger cards deals, TNB Card Services has acquired the $16-million credit card portfolio of A+ FCU, of Austin, Texas, which includes more than 9,000 accounts.

WASHINGTON - Editor's Note: This story appeared incorrectly in the Credit Union Journal's Feb. 12 issue. It appears in its complete form here.

SYLVANIA, Ohio - Toledo Area Community CU CEO Patrick J. McGrady, a former three-term CUNA board member, has retired after 34 years of service. Barry Shaner has succeeded him as CEO.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Credit Union Economics Group is predicting that although 2007 will prove to be a slow-growth year for credit unions, a number of healthy signposts point to modest gains in 2008.

NAFCU Partners With GMA

CENTENNIAL, Colo. - As the sale of Centrix Financial LLC, approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Elizabeth E. Brown for $30 million, becomes final, credit unions hurt by subprime losses are licking their wounds and lenders everywhere are looking for lessons to be learned.

SAN FRANCISCO - Fear and awareness of identify fraud may be up, but actual cases are down, according to a new survey.

QUINCY, Mass. - Shoppers throughout the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border are being warned that high-tech thieves may have compromised their bank or credit union accounts by breaking into the check-out line card readers at area Stop & Shop supermarkets and planting card skimmers.

A Credit Union Journal tradition, in conjunction with credit unions meeting in Washington for CUNA's GAC, on this page readers will find the first page in an expanded section of opinions and editorials.

LAS VEGAS - Citing reduced inventory of existing homes as a good sign for the real estate market, David A. Lereah, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the National Association of Realtors will bring his optimistic message to the ACUMA Spring Annual Conference as keynote speaker.

COSTA MESA, Calif. - Nearly half of all consumers believe a housing bubble exists and that a collapse in housing prices is likely, according to a new survey.

TORONTO-Three Canadian credit unions and a CUSO were ranked among Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies in 2006. Servus CU, Coast Capital CU, Savings CU and Concentra Financial CUSO were recognized for their business excellence in the annual competition among Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $10 million.

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. - If Mike Kloiber forgets to turn forward his watch crown on Sunday, March 11 to get an early start on daylight-saving time this year, the world probably won't stop spinning for the Tinker Federal Credit Union CEO.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - As part of The Credit Union Journal's continued efforts to be the primary supplier of marketing-related coverage to the credit union community, this page features some of the very latest advertising messages from credit unions across the country.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Credit Union Journal asked state leagues: tell us about the perceptions of whom credit unions are supposed to serve that you encounter in the media, the public and in politics, and how you address those perceptions.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Barry Jolette is a guy that walks the talk, a world-class human being who's smart, passionate, focused, respected and fair-the kind of credit union leader that rises high above the rest.

SEATTLE - Was ist los? Que pasa? Fuze Digital Solutions can answer those questions. The company announced its Fuze Suite v6.2 now supports Spanish, French and German, and will add languages requiring Unicode, Chinese and Japanese, in the near future.

WASHINGTON - The consumer savings rate continues to sink into territory not seen since the Great Depression. The Commerce Dept. is reporting that the savings rate for all of 2006 was a negative 1%, meaning that overall consumers were dipping into savings or increasing their borrowing during the year.