Feminist Credit Union Folds

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Author: Louise Oncley
Date: Aug. 1979
From: HAWN Harrisburg Area Women's News(Vol. 4, Issue 8)
Publisher: Gale, part of Cengage Group
Document Type: Essay
Length: 1,111 words
Source Library: Lesbian Herstory Archives

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Feminist Credit Union Folds

Feminist Credit Union Folds

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By Louise Oncley First Pennsylvania Feminist o Credit Union has closed. A blunt t statement of fact that says it all, b but leaves out almost everything. It's like a divorce, or a death, and those of us who grieve try to assess the loss, remember the best of it and the worst, feel the anger and the pride, and find some victory along with the defeat. Understand- ing the facts is important, but we must also pay attention to the broad- er issues. Fact: In late May, the PA Dept, of Banking placed FPFCU in involun- tary liquidation seizing its assets and books. It appointed the National Credit Union Administration to li- quidate the Feminist Credit Union. NCUA is now in the process of paying

By Louise Oncley First Pennsylvania Feminist o Credit Union has closed. A blunt t statement of fact that says it all, b but leaves out almost everything. It's like a divorce, or a death, and those of us who grieve try to assess the loss, remember the best of it and the worst, feel the anger and the pride, and find some victory along with the defeat. Understand- ing the facts is important, but we must also pay attention to the broad- er issues. Fact: In late May, the PA Dept, of Banking placed FPFCU in involun- tary liquidation seizing its assets and books. It appointed the National Credit Union Administration to li- quidate the Feminist Credit Union. NCUA is now in the process of paying

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off all shares (if you had money in the Credit Union,...

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