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Total System Services expects to complete its $1.4 billion acquisition of NetSpend on July 1, according to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Any credit union can make an impression with its marketing and branding. But as one person stressed during Credit Union Journal's Grow Show, a CU must repeatedly hammer away at the same message while also giving people a reason to take notice.

Plenty of credit unions sponsor events, but one CU that has had particular success backing a local concert series reminded that it's important the branding promotion not get lost in the potential for cross sales.

Putting the right pictures on a credit card has just been one of the details that have made a buy-local program at one credit union here so successful.

Credit unions at the front of the curve when it comes to using Facebook to make loans are finding members more than "like," the option, they are filling out applications there too, including mortgages.

More credit unions are leveraging e-signature to reach into new geographic markets without adding bricks and mortar, reports Michael Ball, VP of markets and strategy for IMM.

One person believes that one of credit unions' biggest growth opportunities in the remainder of 2013 lies in the realm of merchant services.

Moving to paperless functions and document imaging may seem costly, but one person says it's one of credit unions' best chances for growth.

The National Cooperative Bank is bolstering CUs' bottom lines by helping them offload deposits and access liquidity.

CUtopia is finding a niche in assisting credit unions with their marketing, and delivering growth as a result.