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SALT LAKE CITY– The NBA’s Utah Jazz and Mountain America Credit Union have made Camp Kostopulos, known as Camp K, this season’s first recipient of “Pass It Along,” a program featuring fan nomination opportunities that will award a total of $25,000 to five local charitable organizations.

HERNDON, Va.—NACHA, The Electronic Payments Association, reported that as it continues work to move the ACH Network from next-day settlement to same-day payment processing, results from an American Payroll Association survey show broad support for the benefits of same-day ACH.

VANCOUVER, B.C.--- Vancity Credit Union has released a new report, “White Lies on Black Friday: Pricing Integrity in Black Friday Sales,” that finds that as the American tradition of Black Friday becomes increasingly popular with Canadian shoppers and retailers, it is also bringing with it some of the related tactics like inflating original prices, creating a false sense of urgency to buy and encouraging rash decision-making.

TORONTO, Canada—With backing at least in part from a credit union, a Canadian mortgage broker is offering a one-day Black Friday only special with a five-year, fixed rate mortgage priced at 2.59%.

ST PETERSBURG, Fla.—The Target data breach, one-year old Thanksgiving day, ushered in a wave of successful cyber-attacks on the U.S. that have elevated financial institutions’—and consumers—attention to card security.

NEW YORK—The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions testified before the Assembly Subcommittee on Banking in Underserved Communities in New York City on the Federation's “Borrow and Save” program.  The hearing examined the establishment of a Borrow and Save pilot program in New York State.