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PRESS RELEASE National Council of Firefighter Credit Unions, Inc.              CU First Responders Finance, LLC   Grant Sheehan, CEO                                                                   Murray Halperin, Managing Member (305) 755-3302                                                                          (561) 393-3770 ceo@ncofcu.org                                                                          info@financeresponders.com                  February 11, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Business Lending Website:  FinanceResponders.com Boca Raton, Florida –CU First Responders Finance, LLC (CUFR) has launched Finance Responders .com . Through this website, National Council of Firefighter Credit Unions (NCOFCU) member credit unions can offer commercial and business loans to volunteer and municipal fire departments, first responder businesses and associations. CUFR’s Referral Credit Union solution allows smaller credit unions to prov

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to grow are credit unions serving first responders ready? Credit unions serving first responders will be a primary point of contact as first responders come off duty and into the credit union. ARLINGTON, Va.—How effective are credit union plans for addressing pandemics and business continuity?   It’s a question credit unions need to be asking right now as the coronavirus outbreak continues to grow. Death tolls this week topped 1,100, with a record 100 officially reported as getting sick in a day. The coronavirus has already surpassed SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in number of affected and killed. Experts told CUToday.info the growth of the coronavirus that CUs should be reviewing their pandemic and business continuity plans, which likely have not been visited since the SARS outbreak in 2002. “I think it's too early to tell what kind of impact the coronavirus may have here in the U.S.,” said NAFCU Vice