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• CUNA HR/Training Council Announces New Leaders

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  April 23, 2013

  Mountain America's Suzanne Oliver is new chair, with VyStar's Robert Davis as co-chair.

• SBA Increases Size Standards for 58 Industries in Three Sectors

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  September 27, 2012

  The SBA has increased the small business size standard for the real estate, rental and leasing, educational services, health care social assistance sectors.

• Advantis CU Lets Community Decide Grant Recipients

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  July 26, 2012

  More than 66,000 votes cast on website and Facebook page as Oregon credit union asks public to decide who gets funds.

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  Training Is Key to Employee Job Satisfaction, Productivity

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  June 20, 2011

  With the recruitment and retention of top talent continuing to be a priority, credit union human resources departments have stepped up their training efforts.

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  Unmask the Core Conversion Bogeyman

  By Robert Landis  |  June 5, 2011

  There are many reasons why credit unions often loath changing core platforms–even after their contracts expire. When pressed on the issue, most executives point to some form of inertia. They’re used to their current system, used to their provider, used to their account representative.

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  Build It, They Will Come? Hogwash, Says TruMark

  By David Morrison  |  March 16, 2011

  PHILADELPHIA — “You know that line about ‘if you build it, they will come?’” asked Oscar Torrealva, branch manager at the $1.3 billion TruMark Financial Credit Union's branch in the financially strapped Eastern North Philadelphia.

• In Slogging Our Way to Survival, We Must All Hang Together

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  September 29, 2010

  As I write this, the entire credit union industry is jittery with anticipation regarding Friday, Sept. 24 with the corporate credit union regulation and legacy asset plan and possible execution of it.

• Key Factors in Evaluating the Risk of Lending to Small Businesses

  August 25, 2010

  It's no secret that over the last three years, small business credit risk has increased at a distressing rate.