Qwest Communications International Inc., of Denver, says Spokane-based Sterling Savings Bank has agreed to reinforce its network disaster recovery capabilities with data hosting space in Qwest's data center in Seattle. Under a three-year and are
Despite enduring its first quarterly loss in at least two decades in 2009, Numerica Credit Union has experienced strong growth in loans, deposits, and total assets, says Jennifer Lehn, the Spokane Valley-based credit union's executive vice reported
Horizon Credit Union, of Spokane, says it has teamed up with Digital Insight, a unit of big software maker Intuit Inc., to provide customers with online financial management software.Called FinanceWorks, the Quicken-based software helps manage a
Fraud against businesses is costly and grows more rampant during a recession, national research reports say. Still, though the signs usually are easy to spot, oftentimes the crime isn't caught until significant financial damage has been done, fraud
Washington credit unions, once seemingly sheltered from the financial crisis, now are facing one of the biggest challenges to their health since they were formed in the wake of the Great Depression.As a result of a trio of problems, stemming the
A home-mortgage refinancing surge that began in December has caused banks and credit unions here to scramble to meet demand from consumers who want to take advantage of historically low interest rates, though there are signs now that the surge be a
Lounge expands into former Prago space The Lion's Lair bar, located in an about 1,400-square-foot space at 205 W. Riverside, has leased the similarly-sized adjacent space that formerly housed Prago Argentine Caf, and is using it to
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BHW1 LLC, a Spokane advertising agency, has leased 4,500 square feet of floor space in the Fidelity Building, at 522 W. Riverside, and has moved there from 19 W. Pacific. Earl Engle, of NAI Black, handled the transaction.KMS Inc., doing as a
Shamrock Paving Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $798,000, for a city of Spokane project to rehabilitate a small cluster of aging streets in the Altamont Boulevard area of the South Hill this summer.A contract for the