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Wed 02 Feb 2007Head of credit union association may step downThe head of the Credit Union Development Association (CUDA) is in talks to leave the organisation after a number of member credit unions passed a motion of no confidence in him last week, reports Arthur Beesley, Senior Business Correspondent.Bill Hobbs has been the public face of CUDA since he joined the body as chief executive in October 2005. The organisation, whose 16 members include some of Ireland's largest credit unions, styles itself as a break-away body from the Irish League of Credit Unions, the dominant credit union group.