The high cost of technology and ever-present security worries are driving the financial services industry's current trend of outsourcing core processing and related services, a panel of industry heavyweights agreed during Harland's Connections conference.

Shruti Miyashiro is coming home to Orange County's Credit Union.

Credit unions are converting from paper to imaged check processing systems at such a quick rate, they're in a unique position to leverage that technology to gain market share, processors say.

Credit unions concerned about their exposure to subprime mortgage fallout risk, listen up: corporate ALM pros shared some free advice with <em>Credit Union Times</em>.

Natural person credit unions aren't the only ones struggling to pay for increased compliance and technology costs--corporates are feeling the strain, too. In fact, these rising expenses were the straws that broke Northwest Corporate Federal Credit Union's back, finally forcing the $1 billion institution to merge with $12 billion Southwest...

While much discussion regarding subprime lending has focused on direct loan portfolio risk, little has been said about another type of balance sheet exposure: mortgage-backed investments, which gained in popularity during the real estate boom.

Although credit unions originated very few subprime mortgage loans comparatively with other mortgage lenders, the non-profits might still take an indirect hit as a result of the mortgage industry's woes.

If you're willing to be inconvenienced a little bit, Kathleen Litman says nearly any credit union can afford to produce a high-quality, professional television commercial.