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WASHINGTON - It's no news to anyone active in CUSO circles that multi-owned CUSOs are increasing in number and playing a larger and important role in the CUSO community. That's why Callahan & Associates is including for the first time, a listing of the top 25 multi-owned CUSOs in its...

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - Kinecta FCU President/CEO Tom Graham is well aware of the business paradigm that some credit unions operate their wholly-owned CUSOs under - keep the sales-oriented, for-profit CUSO separate from the service-oriented, not-for-profit credit union. That might work for come credit unions and CUSOs, but Graham doesn't...

TUKWILA, Wash. - If it were up to Prime Alliance's Joe Brancucci, no company would be allowed to be nominated for NACUSO's `Professional of the Year' award unless they could prove they were willing to take risks and demonstrate they were doing something out of the ordinary. The 52-year old...

SAN DIEGO - It may seem obvious that financial services CUSO investment representatives need to be viewed as `trusted advisors' by credit union members. But members' definition of `'trust' not necessarily as obvious as the premise. That became apparent to CUSO Financial Services (CFS) through a series of focus groups...

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