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I've spent the last several years helping credit unions develop and implement an online presence on the Internet. From e-mail only to simple "informational" Web sites through sophisticated sites that offer the latest in transactional capabilities, I've seen credit unions work (sometimes torturously) through putting online technology to the best...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Providing special functionality to make Web sites work for the blind may be the right thing to do for some credit unions but it's not yet the law. A federal judge in Miami recently dismissed a lawsuit that claimed Southwest Airlines violated the Americans with Disabilities Act...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Following rules as well as fighting off rogues will make IS security an increasingly difficult challenge for credit unions in 2003 and the years ahead, industry participants say. "As their business grows, we see our clients asking us more and more for the ways and means to...

LENEXA, Kan. - U.S. Central's Corporate Network eCom subsidiary will soon roll out a product that will allow credit union members to do person-to-person payments and inter-institution transfers. Called MemberACH, it will be offered to corporate credit unions to offer their natural person CU members, though the initial target market...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - At Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union, talk is cheap. For the past five years the $780 million credit union has been developing an environment based on passion and accountability with a focus on building relationships and leaders. "It sounds easy but it is harder to do...

Find out why NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar is so adamant about NCUA's proposed FOM changes. Page 16.

Selling card portfolios has been the order of the day for credit unions, but are they doing enough research on sale options? Read about this and other EFT news on pages 20-25.

WASHINGTON-CUNA, NAFCU, and several state leagues scurried around Capitol Hill last week attending numerous opening day events. CUNA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs John McKechnie remarked that it was "a great intersection of the legislative and political efforts we do. McKechnie worked a 12-hour day-8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.-attending...