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Credit union membership, lending up in Q2

Abrigo

Last week the NCUA reported that the total number of credit union members had surpassed the 101 million mark, and overall lending was up as of the close of Q2. Total lending at federally-insured credit unions reached $745.2 Auto lending has been an area of growth for credit unions over the last several quarters. billion, up 3.9

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Excited To Help People

Independent Banker

His collection of shot glasses, each bearing a particular state’s name or emblem as tangible evidence of his visits to those states, is complete after a recent trip through the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and then, lastly, Alaska. In rural communities like ours, the consumer has a lot of needs,” he explains.

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From Farce to Menace

Independent Banker

Last month the NCUA’s sweeping, 167-page proposal to hand federal credit unions virtually unlimited freedom to serve almost any person of any means anywhere rightly drew an avalanche of letters from infuriated community bankers. Certainly the NCUA’s obsessiveness in pushing against its regulatory limits has had almost no limits in years.

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Building from Scratch

Independent Banker

“I love being around people, and people are what community banking is all about.” Overcoming various long odds over the years, Shirley Nelson launched and then grew a thriving California community bank. Shirley Nelson has built a nearly 50-year career doing two things she loves—community banking and giving back to her community.

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Stimulus Essentials: A Week Of Congress Negotiations Begins

PYMNTS

Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah, Rob Portman of Ohio, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and five other lawmakers wrote in a Sunday letter to Biden. “With your support, we believe Congress can once again craft a relief package that will provide meaningful, effective assistance to the American people and set us on a path to recovery,” Sens.

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