LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. -- DealerTrack Holdings Inc. has implemented a software program that connects car dealers with credit unions across the country....

PROVO, Utah -- Utah Community Credit Union and Utah Valley University have worked together to offer students a card with keyless building access, a bus pass, access to athletic events and a Visa debit card all in one....

MADISON, Wis. -- CUNA Mutual Group has hired a new member to its team to help build successful retirement plans....

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ST. LOUIS -- Anheuser-Busch Employees' Credit Union is reassuring its 99,000 members that the financial institution will remain independent following news that Anheuser-Busch Cos. and InBev have agreed to merge creating a $52 billion global brewery....

BERLIN, N.H. -- Claiming that a bank employee may have taken $4.2 million in certificates of deposits from its members, Guardian Angel Credit Union has filed a class action suit to recover the money plus accrued interest....

WASHINGTON -- Other lenders will have to be as careful as most credit unions have been in making home loans as a result of rules approved by the Federal Reserve last week....

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. -- Mid-Atlantic Corporate Federal Credit Union and Fundtech Ltd. are breaking some new ground together....

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- Three more credit unions--all in the Pacific Northwest--have said they will use the StreamLend Velocity loan origination system from IA Systems....

WASHINGTON -- Although consumer understanding of credit scores has improved over the past year, it remains poor, according to the latest credit score survey commissioned by the Consumer Federation of America and Washington Mutual Bank....

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- With business plan in hand for the creation of a home health assisted living company, Shila Poindexter started searching for resources to get her business off the ground....

HONG KONG -- Credit unions worldwide continue to nimbly adapt to shifting economic, social, political and even conflict situations, according to World Council of Credit Unions CEO Pete Crear....

HONG KONG -- A cap on card interchange similar to one promoted by some U.S. retailers has turned Australian CU card programs from being contributors to their bottom lines to net money losers....

LENEXA, Kan. -- U.S. Central released its final, audited 2007 financials July 14 with news of a $51 million net loss. It's another blow to the corporate's corporate, which had its pristine AAA long-term debt rating downgraded earlier this year and still remains on ratings watch negative with the major ratings agencies....

WASHINGTON -- As one bank in California suffered death throes, some depositors throughout the country decided it was time for a check up....

SAN DIEGO -- While much payday lending talk has revolved around those who prey on enlisted servicemen and women, $850 million Nevada Federal Credit Union also faces stiff competition from Las Vegas alternative financial service providers....

LINDEN, N.J. -- Integrated Media Management has released a new version of its flagship document preparation solution....

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- Digital Federal Credit Union (www.dcu.org) will use the FraudMAP solution from Guardian Analytics as part of its online fraud prevention strategy....

WASHINGTON -- As part of its Go Direct campaign that encourages switching Social Security benefits from paper checks to direct deposit, the Department of Treasury has recognized three credit unions for their efforts....

ST. LOUIS -- Enterprise Car Sales now has a program available to credit union members that grants them access to a nationwide used car inventory and to have a selected vehicle transferred to their closest Enterprise location....

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ATLANTA -- Equifax is now offering an online account opening solution as part of its lineup of APPRO products....

"These are the times that try men's souls." This was the battle cry that heralded the American Revolution over 200 hundred years ago. No words are more apropos than these regarding the changes and controversy swirling around overdraft services today....

Are mobile financial services finally here? Your credit union is providing mobile financial services now, and you may not even know it. Studies show that up to two-thirds of all calls to member contact centers in 2007 are coming from mobile phones, and this will grow to over 85% by 2010. Mobile phone initiated calls to credit unions have grown in a one-to-one ratio with the growth of cell phone penetration--which is expected to reach over 100% in the U.S. by 2013....

As I'm sure many have experienced in recent months, my trip to NAFCU's annual conference in San Diego began with hanging around the airport for a few hours until my flight was so late that there was no way I'd make my connection. I was forced to reschedule for o-dark-30 the next morning. Fortunately, that flight worked out, and I arrived for the afternoon sessions of the opening day and the meetings I had planned....

I just read Lindsey Siegriest's column on "Searching for a Credit Union, but Coming Up Empty" (Gen Y Back Talk, CU Times, July 2), and I loved the story. I have been working in the credit union industry since 1990 and am one of those many middle-aged people in management within the credit union industry....

Pet peeves! Everyone has them. My list is far too long to identify here, but I do want to touch on a few that might resonate with you....

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SAN DIEGO -- Carol Kohutek of San Angelo, Texas, raised hundreds of eyebrows at NAFCU's 2008 Annual Conference, standing out with hair dyed shocking neon pink....

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