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• Fewer Delinquencies, More Expertise, Alliances

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  April 10, 2013

  Depending on who you talk to, the credit union business lending landscape could easily be a mix of record loan growth peppered with a drop in delinquent debt to an environment that is thriving better than what bank competitors are experiencing.

• Bank Transfer Day Inspires THINK Prize Finalists

  By David Morrison  |  April 3, 2013

  Bank Transfer Day, the November 2011 consumer driven effort to move money from large banks to credit unions or community banks, inspired the three finalists for this year’s CO-OP Financial Services THINK prize.

• FIS Buys Mobile Specialist mFoundry

  By Marc Rapport  |  January 31, 2013

  mFoundry, the mobile banking app specialist founded in 2004 that grew as rapidly as its space, has been sold to FIS.

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  Mobility Matters: Tracking the Mobile Banking Revolution in Credit Unions

  By Robert McGarvey  |  November 7, 2012

  Why mobile banking now is a “must have” for credit unions.

• Technology May Be the Cure for MFOEL Migraines

  By Heather Anderson  |  September 24, 2012

  Cloud-based computing and e-signatures are the aspirin to the multi-featured open ended lending headache credit unions have been suffering from since the NCUA first issued the rules back in 2009, said John Levy, executive vice president and co-founder for Integrated Media Management, a Linden, N.J.-based technology vendor.

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  Growth: Puget Sound’s Island Branch Blossoms

  By David Morrison  |  May 14, 2012

  The 7,600-member, $75 million Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union has continued to benefit from its decision to open a branch on a sparsely populated island off the coast of Washington State.

• BTD Redux: Wesleyan Students Invite Credit Unions to Campus for ‘Bank Transfer Week’

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  May 2, 2012

  A Connecticut college campus became the setting for a spring version of last fall’s Bank Transfer Day in the past several days.

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  Bank Transfer Day’s Kristen Christian Lobbying to Lift MBL Cap: Onsite Coverage

  By David Morrison  |  April 26, 2012

  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Kristen Christian, the woman considered most responsible for Bank Transfer Day, has joined the push to raise the MBL cap.

• Fynanz: Credit Unions Increasing Student Lending, Banks Pulling Back

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  April 17, 2012

  Student lending program specialist adds 75 credit union partners in past year.

• Hope Federal Credit Union Opening Former Mississippi Bank Branch

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  March 28, 2012

  Jackson, Miss., CDCU takes over another former bank branch to help serve underserved areas.