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The executives at Coastal Federal Credit Union in Raleigh, North Carolina, certainly believe in the technology.

REI is, in fact, a cooperative owned by its members—much like, say, the Park Slope Food Co-Op, or a credit union, or a kibbutz.

Lehrer hopes to bring a similar attitude to other policy areas such as entitlement reform and credit union deregulation.

Yet the Credit Union National Association singled out Christian for the impact she is having on its member institutions.

The Credit Union National Association, a D.C.-based advocacy group, recently surveyed 5,000 credit unions across the country.

A credit union may be organized by any seven or more persons with a share capital the par value of which shall not exceed $25.