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TUCSON, Arizona - Though recent events have led to a sharp decline in business travel, nothing was going to stop XP Systems clients from missing the firm's annual users conference - especially with what was in store for them this year. Over 600 XP users, a record number, attended the...

SYDNEY, Australia and AUCKLAND New Zealand - The term "people's bank" isn't used much in the U.S., but the term which refers to a government-sponsored bank that brings financial services to those that are not served by traditional financial institutions, has begun to circulate in Australia. In New Zealand it's...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Autumn is in full swing, and the sound of crunching fills the air - from leaves underfoot and on the desks of IT managers around credit union land as they work the numbers of their 2002 budgets in preparation for approval by their bosses and their boards....

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Computer crimes - including viruses, worms and denial-of-service attacks along with actual theft of information and assets - continue to soar, and while a price tag is hard to place on the damage, there is an intangible cost that credit unions particularly should fear, experts say. "Members...

SYDNEY, Australia - Imagine being able to offer your members an online Wealth Management Portal where they can quickly evaluate their entire worth including stocks. Imagine your members being able to choose to give access to their financial advisors, lawyers or accountants. And imagine that this fantastic service costs your...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The national effort to fight terrorism at its financial roots is now posing a challenge to credit unions: How do you match your member rolls against the Treasury Department's list of more than 7,000 suspected terrorists, international drug dealers and other undesirables? The problem is not just...

CUNA argues auto dealers should have to comply with Reg Z. Read the details and other auto lending/leasing news on pages 16 and 17.

CU Times Editor-in-Chief BATON ROUGE, La. - Jeff Gutierrez speaks from experience when he tells credit unions that the majority of car dealers, like any good businessman, want to make as much money as possible and will try every trick in the book to make a sale. "They have a...