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An ongoing effort to link credit unions with CUSOs for certain specialty services recently received a $25,000 boost to make it happen.

NCUA announced a full agenda for its Nov. 15 board meeting.

NCUA Board Member Gigi Hyland applauded the early success of the SBA's Patriot Express program as an example, not only of credit unions taking advantage of opportunities presented, but also federal agencies working together.

In what it calls a "groundbreaking" gesture honoring the military, the $400 million First Citizens' Federal Credit Union announced this week it is offering a package of loan, checking and savings services linked to donations to military groups.

The House Judiciary Committee decided to hold off on completing the mark up of The Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act (H.R. 3609).

The responses to the pluses and minuses of starting and maintaining a successful business lending program were as varied as their approaches during a spirited roundtable held today during NACUSO's Business Services Collaborative.