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NEW ORLEANS - With the addition of EDS' credit union division added this year via acquisition, Fiserv now garners 15% of its revenue from its credit union operations according to Dean Schmelzer, Group President of Marketing and Sales for Fiserv, talking with Credit Union Times at BAI's Retail Delivery Conference....

U.S. Small Business Administration Summary of Loan Approval Activity - Credit Union Participants Fiscal Years 1993-2003

NEW ORLEANS - Over 300 credit union leaders traveled to New Orleans last week and they weren't at a credit union conference. They attended the Bank Administration's (BAI) Retail Delivery Conference. The conference has grown in popularity among credit unions in recent years. It is a showcase for technology vendors...

WASHINGTON - Small businesses incurring losses due to their key employees being called to active military duty can apply to the Small Business Administration for Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loans. The loans cover operating costs of up to $1.5 million. Small Businesses can apply for a military reservist loan...

WASHINGTON - Slightly less than half of 750 small businesses recently surveyed by the National Federation of Independent Business offer health insurance to their employees, but 91% of the business owners have health insurance for themselves. Why the disparity? The number one reason cited was the high cost of health...

ST. LOUIS - Missouri Credit Union Association President/CEO Rosie Holub, in a recent article published in the St. Louis Business Journal that discussed the growth in the number of credit union members in the state, defended credit unions' expansion of services to their members beyond simply making "small consumer loans"...