KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Vista is nothing more than a whisper at many credit unions, which won't upgrade to Microsoft's latest operating system for PCs until they have to.

Below are the 100 largest credit unions in the U.S. as of year-end 2006. Note: Assets are in millions.

MURRIETA, Calif. - CUTEK is working with Moebs $ervices, an economic research firm that provides financial institutions with the data, understanding, and actions necessary to generate growth and profitability. CUTEK will help Moebs integrate its patented method of conducting Commercial Services.

EL PASO, Texas - These are tough days for many lenders as the housing market is flat in many markets and competition is keen in all markets.

WASHINGTON - The IRS released three more technical advice memoranda regarding individual credit unions' activities subject to unrelated business income tax, or UBIT, two of which exclude collateral protection for car loans from tax liability.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The whirling dervish of talk surrounding Wings Financial FCU's appeal to the membership of Continental FCU in an attempt to get CFCU's board back to the merger negotiating table is moot, according to the NCUA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The whirling dervish of talk surrounding Wings Financial FCU's appeal to the membership of Continental FCU in an attempt to get CFCU's board back to the merger negotiating table is moot, according to the NCUA.

ATLANTA - A new survey has found consumers (75%) say they are more concerned now with fraud and identity theft than they were five years ago, with six in ten saying they strongly agree with the statement, "Financial institutions should be doing more to protect their customers from identity theft and fraud."

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The state Board of Regents approved a deal with University of Iowa Community CU for on-campus financial services that will allow students, faculty and staff to use their university ID cards as debit and ATM cards.

WASHINGTON - With the meltdown in the subprime mortgage market serving as a backdrop, major sectors of the mortgage market began to stake out turf last week during the onset of congressional debate on a new regulatory scheme for the secondary market.

Much like the proverbial "Top 10" list that CBS entertainment host David Letterman offers practically every night, based on our collective experience, we have painstakingly cobbled our own compilation of the best (10) ways to increase the quality loan volume for credit unions. Moreover, if you stick with the prescribed recipe, the end result will be very savory.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Vista is nothing more than a whisper at many credit unions, which won't upgrade to Microsoft's latest operating system for PCs until they have to.

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WASHINGTON - The IRS released three more technical advice memoranda regarding individual credit unions' activities subject to unrelated business income tax, or UBIT, two of which exclude collateral protection for car loans from tax liability.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - Microsoft Vista is here, like it or not, and many credit unions aren't ready.

WASHINGTON - Members of the House and Senate have introduced bills to expand Individual Development Accounts, which have provided matching deposits for thousands of credit union members across the country. The bills would build on the 50,000 IDAs created so far and add another 900,000. The program provides tax credits to participating financial institutions that match the savings of low-income participants, up to $500 a year. In introducing the House bill, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones cited several credit unions in her homestate of Ohio for blazing a trail on the fledgling low-income savings program, including Faith Community United CU, Midwest Family CU and Fiberglass FCU. (c) 2007 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com

PETERBOROUGH, N.H. - Sixty-nine card portfolios of more than $1-million in outstanding balances were sold by credit unions during 2006, according to analysis by Brookwood Capital.

OLYMPIA, Wash. - State regulators are putting together regulations that would enable the return of the private deposit insurance options for state-chartered credit unions.

The Credit Union Associations of Colorado and Wyoming, Arvada, Colo., named Jon Drogheo human resources consultant and Carmen Ortega grassroots organizer.

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