SAN DIEGO - Symitar Systems is now offering its clients a software add-on to its core system that will allow credit union members to enjoy the same bounced-check protections that bank customers have long had. In fact, Joe Gillen had credit unions in mind when he created Houston-based Pinnacle Financial...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - While the American economic engine continues to lurch, IT managers in credit union land say their work force has stabilized and that the softened labor market has helped them find and keep good help. That's the take from a quick check Credit Union Times did with executives...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Catherine Graeber pulls no punches in her just-released Forrester Research piece on aggregation. "A year ago, aggregation was the hot topic. But muted consumer adoption and poor data has led some firms to discontinue their offerings," she writes in a brief paper titled "Aggregation: The Emperor Still...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - While the American economic engine continues to lurch, IT managers in credit union land say their work force has stabilized and that the softened labor market has helped them find and keep good help. That's the take from a quick check Credit Union Times did with executives...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Sixteen percent of online consumers cited a credit union as their primary financial provider, up sharply from 9% in 2001, according to a recent survey by Forrester Research. "With superior service, higher deposit rates and lower fees, credit unions are gaining as the preferred financial provider among...

MADISON, Wis. - CUES Tech Port, the subscription advisory service, and Terry Treadwell, its co-founder and managing director, are parting ways. Treadwell, working with CUES and with consultants Carl Faulkner, Steve Williams and Terence Roche from Arizona-based M ONE and later Cornerstone Advisors, has seen the subscriber list grow to...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Member-relationship management considerations, along with anticipated federal access regulations and sheer popularity are all reasons for credit unions to consider Web-enabled ATMs, a new report says. "Since their introduction in 1986, automated teller machines have fundamentally changed the way that a majority of U.S. banking customers interact...

SEATTLE - Telephones aren't a thing of the past at Boeing Employees Credit Union. The $4 billion, 300,000-member CU is investing in a sophisticated new voice-recognition system that will allow members access to a broad range of lending services anytime, anywhere, from any phone. It's actually an upgrade of the...