Saturday, October 22, 2011

Credit Union Sees Spike in Interest After Beginning of Occupy Rally


Local demonstrations initially inspired by New York’s Occupy Wall Street protest may be responsible for creating their own ripples of economic change in the Rogue Valley.
“They definitely have some sort of role in all of this,” said Gene Pelham, president of Rogue Federal Credit Union, whose seven operating branches have seen a significant jump in the number of opened personal accounts since the occupy protests spread to Southern Oregon three weeks ago.
“We did actually see a spike “… and it’s pretty significant,” Pelham said.

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