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Entrepreneur August 2003 Crystal Detamore-Rodman	Give 'Em Credit They're not just for car loans and home mortgages. Now credit unions are making business loans.
U.S. Banker October 2001 Paul Muolo	Endangering the Movement Sure, everybody's out to make a buck. But credit unions? The whole idea behind credit unions is that they're supposed to be non-profit organizations that give their members low-cost loans and safe havens for savings. But now California CUs want to sell shares to outsiders...
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U.S. Banker March 2003 John Engen	Steely Determination, Scrappy Fighting Things are just getting started in the war between banks and credit unions. Utah has become the lightning rod for debate, from bank-backed bills that would impose stiff taxes and "competitive equity" fees on credit unions to mudslinging TV ads and newspaper editorials.
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Bank Systems & Technology September 29, 2005	Chickens Come Home to Roost Letters to the editor in response to a credit union's conversion from Galaxy Plus to Digital Insight: We sincerely regret the negative experience you wrote about... Are we to assume from your editorial that you think that credit unions are not capable of good planning...
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The Motley Fool March 9, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger	One Congressman's Solution for Boosting Small Businesses Loans Congressman Kanjorski on lifting the lending cap on credit union loans to small businesses.
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