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Anything to do with CUs doing more to serve businesses is hot news these days. See related stories on page 6 and 29.

BREMERTON, Wash. - Carol Schillios seems to collect small credit unions in rural villages of foreign developing countries that need her expertise like some people collect antique furniture. This 5'4" blonde dynamo primarily works in Africa - Mali, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Uganda & Malawi; Asia - Philippines, Indonesia; and Eastern Europe...

SKAPJE, Macedonia - Most American credit union managers' jobs do not involve being evacuated during a civil war. Martha Ninichuk's did as part of her role as Project Director of a combined USAID and World Council of Credit Union (WOCCU) project that began in Macedonia in 1995. It was only...

Credit unions want the USA PATRIOT ACT, but have some problems with its requirements, specifically record retention. See page 4.

Despite an uptick in other areas of CUs' loan portfolios, auto lending remains vital to credit unions' lending services. Turn to pages 20 & 21 and see what innovative auto loan products CUs are offering.

MOUNDS VIEW, Minn. - Liberty Marketing Services, , a subsidiary of Liberty Enterprises, has come out with its newest offering, DRIVET, that provides marketing tools to credit unions promoting auto loan programs. DRIVE integrates database marketing, research, marketing communications and strategies into what Tony Rizzo, president of Liberty Creative described...