INDIANAPOLIS - Trusting its own for the brainpower while going to the leader in medical databases for computing punch has turned out to be a prescription for success for FORUM Credit Union. The $585 million CU created its own consumer loan application and home banking solutions, each using InterSystem Corp's...

COLUMBIA, S. C. - Last Sept. 11, USERS's senior managers were gathered with many of their clients for an educational conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Backup systems and operational continuity plans, of course, were something they all had in place, but no one could have expected the test they were about...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Cyber crime is big news these days, and a growing menace. System-snarling computer viruses spread like the real thing while hard-pressed IT staffs hasten to patch the latest vulnerability in their Internet servers. Identity theft and financial fraud grows, and reports are regularly aired of confidential consumer...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - As sure as the sun sets in the west, credit unions back up their data. Faithfully, night after night, year after year, and always on tape. But that could be changing. Alternatives to tape are emerging. For reasons of scale, the big financial institutions are leading the...

HERNDON, Va. - A new gold standard for data exchange on the Internet got mixed reviews in a report from a key watchdog of electronic commerce in the world of financial institutions. In an April white paper, the Internet Council of NACHA said there are some potential market changes that...

PALO ALTO, Calif. - What he thought he had read was not what it said, and now Stanford Federal Credit Union members can buy and sell cars all within the cozy confines of their friendly neighborhood CU. He is Sam Tuohey, chief technology officer at Stanford FCU, who got the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - While Net banking was once dominated by firms specializing in the product, credit unions looking to get into the Net banking game today likely have another choice - their core processor. So which is better? That's the subject of a growing debate. "Despite its growing prominence in...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Despite assaults by hackers and haters alike in the world of network servers, don't write off Microsoft anytime soon. The software giant's domination of the market for the operating systems that connects computers is expected to continue growing this year, although Linux, the dark horse favorite, is...