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The cost-saving measure also is helping the credit union attract tech-savvy and green-thinking members.

Desert Schools FCU has a message for other credit unions undergoing a core conversion: "Use a system how it's designed. Don't try to make it look like your old system."

It's not easy making an annual report interesting as well as digestible to members, but First Tech Federal Credit Union may have found a way.

In an effort to find a faster, easier and more secure way to authenticate members in branches, Gesa Credit Union installed some new technology in its three busiest ones late last year.

A new take on project management has led to a 40% reduction in meeting hours and labor costs associated with major projects.

Sun Community FCU created a cost-savings plan in-house, using a portion of the savings to fund bonuses for team members who generated the ideas behind the expense reduction measures taken.

Vibrant CU synchronized its conversion to a new core processing solution with a rebranding effort to shore up a CU that had been losing members, loans and deposits.

Eliminating one-off spreadsheets has helped Westerra CU greatly improve its financial reporting, reducing the time to produce the reports and generating more in-depth analysis.

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Capital One Financial in McLean, Va., is splitting up the management of its cards business.