Tony Boutelle, president, Credit Union Direct Lending, wants to make CUs a major indirect lending player. Learn his plans and other auto lending news on pages 18-20.

There's good news in early 2003 for consumers looking to buy automobiles. New-car inventories are very high, and dealers will continue using splashy promotions highlighting price cuts, coupled with low financing, to lure consumers onto their lots. There's never been a better time for credit unions to seize on the...

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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Summit Information Systems is the sole core processor to receive the "Tier One-Outstanding Processor for 2002" award from the CO-OP Network, the nation's largest credit union-owned electronic funds transfer network, the companies said. Summit's core system was recognized for its ability to support all types of EFT...