MONETT, Mo. - Jack Henry & Associates, parent company of credit union data processor Symitar, has acquired Minnesota-based RPM Intelligence, LLC, a provider of profitability software for financial institutions doing business as Stratika. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "Some of our largest and most progressive bank clients have...

ATLANTA - Like many state banking groups, the Georgia Bankers Association said it will continue to lobby against expanding business lending powers for credit unions. In March 2004, the GBA joined other states in backing a House of Representatives proposal to re-examine the tax exemption for CUs, the Atlanta Business...

WASHINGTON - Some credit unions managed to navigate around the historically slow membership growth that plagued 2004. According to Alix Patterson, vice president, marketing and communications for Callahan & Associates, Inc., there are four key factors that can drive membership growth. Based on research the firm has gathered, several common...

MCLEAN, Va. - A recently released survey from the National Automobile Dealers Association's Industry Analysis Division shows 94% of new car and light truck dealerships have Web sites - up slightly from 93% in 2003 and 74% in 1999. Of these sites, 98% are interactive with most allowing consumers to...