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Credit union accounts surge after Bank Transfer Day

By | 11.10.11 | 12:26 pm | More from The New Mexico Independent

A survey by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) found that there are at least 5,100 new credit union accounts in New Mexico because of Bank Transfer Day.

In Colorado, 14,000 people moved $100 million into credit unions

By | 11.04.11 | 6:56 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

As the social media-sparked Bank Transfer Day approaches, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) reports that over 650,000 people have joined credit unions in the last four weeks.

New Mexicans taking part in ‘Bank Transfer Day’

By | 10.14.11 | 2:22 pm | More from The New Mexico Independent

In three weeks, the Wall Street protest movement hopes to implement a November 5th walkout, the effects of which could have a far greater impact than months of sit-ins and protests.

Regulators Seize Another Credit Union

By | 04.24.09 | 4:07 pm

It’s Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union, in Miramar, Fla. — the largest in South Florida. The National Credit Union Administration, which regulates the credit union industry, put Eastern Financial into conservatorship, the NCUA said today:

Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union was originally chartered in 1937 and today serves Broward,

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Credit Unions Seeking Bailout Might Back Down on Cramdown

By | 04.22.09 | 11:32 am

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It’s crunch time these days for the credit union industry, which needs emergency help from Congress and may have to swallow some of its beliefs to get it.

The once-stable credit union system faces both an expensive rescue of two failed corporate credit unions that invested in toxic mortgage More…

Credit Union Collapse Signals Depth of Financial Crisis

By | 03.26.09 | 3:09 pm

In a sign of how widespread the nation’s financial crisis has become, even the credit unions are getting creamed.

Problems in the credit union system, once considered a largely mom-and-pop operation immune to turmoil, came to light last week, when their regulator seized two of the nation’s More…