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DALLAS - Having a low credit score doesn't necessarily mean a member is a poor credit risk. Allied Solutions has partnered with Capital Lending Strategies LLC to create a software product - Alternative Lending - that allows credit unions to identify members who probably are good credit risks even though...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Passageways LLC has reached another milestone - its first users conference. The portal-providing CUSO of Purdue Federal Employees Credit Union is holding the conference, set for March 3-4, at FORUM Credit Union's headquarters in Fishers, Ind. FORUM CU has a new meeting center that can accommodate...

MIRAMAR, Fla. - Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union has declared January Red Cross Disaster Relief Month. The over $1.8 billion credit union will devote the month to raising donations for the American Red Cross International Response Fund for tsunami relief efforts. In addition, the credit union will match money raised...

As I wind down my league activities and think about what our industry faces in terms of future challenges, one of the most serious issues that our leadership needs to address is credit unions seeking to convert to bank charters, such as Community CU in Plano, Texas recently announced. I've...

MADISON, Wis.-CUES has donated $5,000 to Rafe Esquith's Hobart Shakespeareans, a program developed to improve the lives of children of Hobart Elementary School in central Los Angeles. According to Esquith, a combination of Shakespeare, rock and roll music, and long hours in the classroom help kids find success. In addition,...

VIENNA, Va. - Navy Federal Credit Union has tapped FurstPerson to help identify and hire the best call center staffers. "We were looking specifically for a Web-based assessment tool that can allow us to evaluate candidates in a simulated call center environment. The CC Audition product from FurstPerson is very...

YONKERS, N.Y. - Auto manufacturers are still using special incentives and rebates to help steer traffic into dealerships, but a recently released survey by Consumer Reports Auto Price Service finds that not all car buying consumers are being told about the incentives by salespeople at the dealerships. Findings of a...

Mike Welch called it right in his Dec. 1 column, "Some Mistakes are Bigger Than Others," - treating non-affiliate credit unions like second-class citizens is indeed a big mistake. Kudos to NAFCU (and helmsman, Fred Becker) for including non-affiliates in their educational conference mailings - it's apparent to me that...