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The National Consumer Law Center, a longtime opponent of some credit union payday loan alternative programs, has recommended qualities a credit card that is "safe" for consumers would have--and that many credit union issued cards have already.

The 300-plus credit unions running the Sharetec core processing platform are now being offered Check 21 solutions from VSoft Corp.

Greylock Federal Credit Union has teamed up with student loan solutions provider CampusDoor to offer Credit Union Student HELP Smart Option Student Loans made by Sallie Mae.

Twenty-three young credit union professionals from 10 credit unions gathered recently at a coffee shop near Rochester, N.Y., to network, learn about career development opportunities and discuss how to attract young people to credit unions.

The 23 credit unions using the Credit Union On-Line Inc. service bureau are now all offering their members Internet banking through Fiserv's Virtual Branch suite.

A new report from the Filene Research Institute has brought academic research to what has been mostly anecdotal reports: Consumers are opting to pay their credit card bills instead of their mortgages first.