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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...

After months of preparation, Community Credit Union's new online check imaging system is up and running. The new service makes CCU the first financial in Dallas to offer this product that makes it possible for members to access images of their cleared checks online. Read Community CU's story and other...

DALLAS - Community Credit Union prides itself on its innovativeness. It was the first financial in the U.S. to go live with the U.S. Treasury for the online sale of savings bonds. Earlier this year, CCU became the first credit union in the Dallas area to go live with IRNet....

The insurance industry is looking to provide consumers more convenience and a more diversified selection of offerings. From the growing branch of pet insurance to the ease of changing policy information online, discover the possibilities in our special report on pages 14-15.