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From mobile branches to high school branches, credit unions are finding all sorts of new ways to branch out. Read about that and more in the special report on pages 20-23.

The American Bankers Association keeps up the legal pressure in Pennsylvania. It has filed for discovery in the Members 1st field of membership case. See full coverage on page 13.

ATLANTA - The Texas Credit Union League has selected financial facilities development firm Level5 as its exclusive facilities firm of choice.

GRANITE CITY, Ill.- GCS Federal Credit Union is ready to "root, root, root for the home team" at the newly named GCS BALLPARK. Minor League Baseball's Frontier League Gateway Grizzlies recently announced the credit union has sponsored the naming rights of the $6.6 million baseball stadium previously known as GMC...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Despite a major class action lawsuit on interchange, the rise in organized fraud rings and lingering litigation with American Express and Discover, Elizabeth Buse, executive vice president with Visa USA, said the No. 1 card brand still looked to a bright and growing future. Buse spoke...

DUBLIN, Ohio - Ohio Credit Union System's ZENITH06 attendees were treated to a new take on the mobile branch concept. During the conference, Fort Wayne, Indiana-based design/build firm Romary Associates unveiled a state-of-the-art, amenity-laden, full-service 46-foot mobile branch prototype called "Bankroll." Built on a semi-truck chassis, the rolling branch includes...