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Illiana Financial CU, Calumet City, Ill. www.illiana.org. While no site won for appearance alone, this site's eye-catching design pushed it over the edge. Aside from the nice look, the site has serious functionality, including online banking, lending, and credit card account access. This site also featured impressive content. A thorough...

The dot.com balloon may have popped, but that hasn't stopped CUs from enhancing their Web offerings. From interactive Web-based chat functions to account aggregation, credit unions continue to push the online envelope. Read about these developments and find out which credit union Web sites were honored with Credit Union Times'...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - The U.S. Central Board has approved $15 million in capital for its Corporate Network eCom subsidiary. According to U.S. Central, the commitment was based on member feedback calling for more options in the realm of bill payment. Corporate Network eCom has two core products: Member Gateway,...

MINNEAPOLIS - Prime Alliance Solutions, a joint-venture between IT firm Dexma Inc. and the $4 billion Boeing Employees' Credit Union, has launched a mortgage technology solution geared for small and mid-sized credit unions. Known as Prime Alliance Lite, the Net-based system enables these sized credit unions to originate loans via...

ROCK HILL, S.C. - Lee Gardner knows about the pitfalls of portals. When his credit union discovered the car-pricing service linked to their Web site was advertising an unaffiliated auto-financing service, it pulled the plug on that relationship. Gardner is president/CEO of Family Trust Federal Credit Union (www.familytrust.org) in Rock...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - People sometimes get their best ideas while shopping. Just ask Carol Brown, who happened upon the inspiration for the newest tool in her credit union's member-service lineup while doing a bit of online shopping. "We're all Web surfers around here," says the vice president of member and...