WASHINGTON - CUNA called on the Department of Defense last week to exempt a variety of fees and charges when calculating the new 36% rate for loans to military personnel.

CUNA Confirms It May Pursue UBIT Litigation

ATLANTA - Since 2004, usage of debit cards by small businesses has increased, according to a recent research study by Synergistics Research Corp., entitled, "Marketing Small Business Checking Accounts."

WASHINGTON - The dwindling number of credit unions still offering guaranteed student loans are poised for yet another hit after President Bush proposed as part of his budget last week to slash federal subsidies for the loan program by billions of dollars.

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WARREN, Mich. - A pretrial conference has been postponed to allow for psychological evaluation of David Lance Rauch, former CEO of Tandem Credit Union, who has been charged with using the Internet to arrange a date to have sex with a five-year-old girl.

SAN DIMAS, Calif. - Financial Service Centers Cooperative said three of its credit union members have deployed Check 21 self-service kiosks produced by Ensenta. Ensenta's Check 21 Express provides real-time automated image deposit review and adjustment tools and transmits the image to WesCorp FCU for processing.

MADISON, Wis. - CUNA Mutual Group saw a 36% rise in fiscal year 2006 earnings to $178.1 million, despite skyrocketing losses from credit card fraud.

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WARREN, Mich. - A pretrial conference has been postponed to allow for psychological evaluation of David Lance Rauch, former CEO of Tandem Credit Union, who has been charged with using the Internet to arrange a date to have sex with a five-year-old girl.

DALLAS, Texas - An idea to allow kids to make their own online purchases has expanded into a pre-paid card system that might also create a new revenue stream for credit unions.

CMG Mortgage Insurance Company, San Francisco, honored Joe Lynch at the MBA Conference as a future leader.

WASHINGTON - CDCU champion Martin Eakes joined civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and the head of the NAACP before Congress to call on lawmakers last week to pass national standards to protect subprime mortgage borrowers from predatory lending practices.

DALLAS, Texas - An idea to allow kids to make their own online purchases has expanded into a pre-paid card system that might also create a new revenue stream for credit unions.

SAN DIMAS, Calif. - Financial Service Centers Cooperative said three of its credit union members have deployed Check 21 self-service kiosks produced by Ensenta. Ensenta's Check 21 Express provides real-time automated image deposit review and adjustment tools and transmits the image to WesCorp FCU for processing.

PHOENIX - Desert Schools Federal Credit Union has found itself in the middle of the rancorous national debate on immigration when local-and later national-media reports accused the credit union of marketing a savings account to illegal immigrants.

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MADISON, Wis. - Measuring credit card losses-at least those covered by CUNA Mutual Group's bond-has become something of a "chicken or the egg" question.

DALLAS - Tales of credit card stock's demise in the fact of the massive data breach at TJX have been somewhat exaggerated, according to several card processors.