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Credit unions are taking a retail approach to branch design. Read about that and the latest facilities news on pages. 24-28.

Find out what Former Michigan CU League CEO Ken Bixby is up to these days. Page 40.

NEW YORK - 2004 marks a change in U.S. retail financial institutions' IT investment. A recent Datamonitor report, U.S. Retail Banking Technology Spending Strategies, predicts that U.S. retail financial institution IT investments will reach $37.8 billion in 2006, up from $33.5 billion in 2003. Although this growth is still lower...

MADISON, Wis. -Based on the theory that "failing to plan means planning to fail" CUES has released the Credit Union Facility Strategies, Planning and Management manual. The three-volume set is designed to help avoid the pitfalls common to handling the bricks and mortar aspect of credit unions and is split...

Elkhart, Ind. - Bayer Federal Credit Union has broken ground for a new 40,000 square-foot corporate office here. The new facility will be the cornerstone building in the Elkhart redevelopment project dubbed "The Riverwalk". Designed by Leedy/Cripe Architects and built by J.A. Wagner Construction, the new corporate office will house...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. - Premier America Credit Union's Simi Valley branch has been named "Best Bank" in Simi Valley Today Magazine's First Annual Readers' Choice Awards poll. The category was open to all banks, savings & loans and credit unions doing business in Simi Valley, including branches belonging to several major...