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Wall Street Journal article
Credit unions are also weathering the subprime crisis better than some larger banks. "Credit unions didn't play the, 'Hey, there's more profit to be had by loosening our [lending] standards,' " says Daniel Penrod, industry analyst with California Credit Union League in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. "Because we're member-owned, any dollar that's lost is a dollar of the membership's money, not some faceless shareholder, [so] they don't take the risk."

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World Council of Credit Union article
Sarbanes, who was introduced by CUNA & Affiliates president and CEO Dan Mica, himself a former Florida legislator, supported Crear's assessment, noting that credit unions' transparency and accountability can serve as lessons to other financial service providers. The former Maryland senator also had a strong response to Crear's "state of the credit union movement" address, including examples of credit unions in post-conflict environments like Afghanistan, where employees put themselves at physical risk to serve members.

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