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Alaska USA has found a way to use MasterCard's RPPS for credit counseling payments. Page 28.

Business loans represented the strongest loan growth category in 2004 accounting for 34.23%. The number of member business loans has significantly increased over the years, going from $3.36 billion in 1999 to $11.98 billion in 2004.

MADISON, Wis. - Should a credit union offer or expand its member business services? This question and more will be explored during the CUNA's Business Services and Lending Conference, which is part of the association's on-site and eSchool offerings for May 2005. The conference takes place May 23-25 in St....

BANGOR, Maine - The $140 million Maine Federal Credit Union was recently highlighted for its member business lending success and other programs in the Bangor Daily News. The credit union, which is the largest in the state with 25,000 members and 300 SEGs, added business lending to its fold in...

WASHINGTON-Lafayette Federal Credit Union President and CEO Michael Hearne, testifying on behalf of CUNA, informed a congressional subcommittee of the problem credit unions' 12.25% cap on business loans poses. The House Small Business Committee's Regulatory Reform and Oversight Subcommittee held a roundtable March 17 on small business regulatory concerns with...

WASHINGTON - Reducing marginal income tax rates on entrepreneurs increases entrepreneurial entry, decreases exit from entrepreneurship, and lengthens the duration of entrepreneurial ventures, according to a recent study released from the SBA's Office of Advocacy . The study, Taxes and Entrepreneurial Activity: An Empirical Investigation Using Longitudinal Tax Return Data...

PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- With the record growth of small businesses, the Michigan Credit Union League will co-host a two-day MBL conference to help credit unions explore courting entrepreneurs. The conference, which is also being sponsored by Walsh College here and the Michigan Council of the Credit Union Executives Society, will...

WASHINGTON - Small Business Person of the Year winners from 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam will here in April to mark the annual celebration of National Small Business Week during SBA Expo '05. One of them will be selected as National Small Business Person of...