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Consulting and shared services CUSO Xtend Inc. said it expects about 300 industry professionals to attend all or some of the networking events surrounding its annual stockholders meeting on June 8 at its headquarters in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The NCUA has reminded credit unions that the Internal Revenue Service has made more than $12 million available in grants for credit unions and other institutions to use in income tax preparation programs for the elderly and underserved.

The Texas Credit Union League has managed to get the 140,000-member Texas Association of Business to join CUNA's legislative drive on member business loans.

Credit unions with assets of less than $10 billion in assets wouldn't be covered by any regulations promulgated by the new consumer agency, under the provisions of an amendment introduced yesterday by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.).

The 22 credit unions served by Credit Union On-Line Inc. are now being offered online account opening and Facebook account management solutions from Fiserv Inc.

Members who use shared branching services are more profitable for their CUs, according to a study commissioned by CO-OP Financial Services, the parent CUSO of CO-OP Shared Branching.