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Banks Continue Shifting Focus to Small Businesses, Study Shows

By Michelle A. Samaad

With consumer lending, residential mortgages, and commercial real estate volumes declining, U.S. banks are quickly shifting their lending focus to small businesses, a segment that has been growing steadily for the past five years, a new study revealed.

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April 03, 2007

Bay CU Consortium Funds New Low-Income Branch

Embarking on what is being called an "exciting and groundbreaking step" to build credit union consortiums in community outreach, the president of a $50 million Modesto, Calif. CU has revealed plans for a new "mentored" branch jointly funded and managed by three large Bay Area CUs.

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April 03, 2007

Has Auto Title Lending Become the New Payday Loan?

The Tennessee Credit Union League is keeping an eye on 10 bills proposed in the state legislature this year, all seeking to further define restrictions on auto title lenders.

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March 27, 2007