BOSTON - Spending on check imaging is exploding as check truncation regulations and the gear to make the process happen move rapidly onto the scene, according to a new report. Celent Communications predicts that annual U.S. check-imaging IT expenditures will increase from $550 million this year to $1.9 billion in...

SAN FRANCISCO - Consumers may find the idea of moving money between different banks and credit unions attractive, but they won't pay much for it and they won't use it often. That's the conclusion of a new report by Forrester Research analyst Catherine Graeber of the research and advisory firm's...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - ROI. Return on investment. Those three little letters can take on a lot of meaning to a credit union's technology chief and his or her fellow senior managers, when it comes time to deciding how or when to spend scarce dollars on new high-tech systems and equipment....

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Deploying a key member service remotely through an application-service provider (ASP) is not unique, but increasing numbers of credit unions are adopting a hybrid approach - keeping their core transaction processing in-house while managing online banking and other add-on solutions offsite. For many credit unions, it's an...

NEEDHAM, Mass. - Perception is reality when it comes to deciding whether to bank online, and persuading consumers who think the computer's not a safe place to bank is going to be a high bar to hurdle, according to a new report from TowerGroup. "TowerGroup primary market research has found...

BOSTON - A battle is brewing among vendors as more and more financial institutions seek the technology partners they need to handle the online banking needs of small businesses, according to a new report from Celent Communications. The market is relatively limited now, but those small businesses - defined by...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. - Knowledge is power, but only if you can put it to work. That's what First Resource FCU has done with a series of business intelligence (BI) deployments, and while ROI can be hard to come by in leading-edge areas like data warehousing, some positive signs are...

INDIANAPOLIS - Financial Center Federal Credit Union is preparing to deploy software it expects will add a powerful anti-fraud tool to its IS security arsenal. The $309 million CU is working on finalizing a deal with its core processor, USERS Inc., and Carreker Corp. to be the first CU to...