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CU Times Technology Correspondent COLUMBIA, S.C. - A major benefit of the Internet revolution for credit unions is the growing ability to provide a vast array of training across a far-flung operation, and do it consistently and efficiently. Lenore Froehlich knows that, and that's why Motorola Employees Credit Union-West is...

In 1999, many experts theorized that electronic bill payment and presentment (EBPP) would surge in popularity by the end of that year, with the advent of electronic bill presentment spurring the growth. EBPP would become a must have service that would attract new members and keep existing members from moving...

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - The Washington Credit Union League scheduled a hearing during its government affairs conference, on a proposed field-of-membership regulation change that would allow well-run CUs to expand their field-of-membership by a board vote instead of requiring them to receive approval from the state regulator. Parker Cann, director...

The UPnP problem was discovered by a young California computer whiz, a 21-year-old reformed hacker whose company, eEye Digital Security (www.eeye.com), held off announcing it until Microsoft could prepare a fix. It's that kind of cooperation that makes the whole thing work, Butler points out. "Servers are exposed to the...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - From bits and bytes at credit unions to dinner and dessert in Beverly Hills. Digital Insight co-founder Paul Fiore, who is still a director with DI, is a one-third owner in Chadwick of Beverly Hills, an upscale restaurant opened a year and a month ago. Chadwick's...

Froehlich's approach is what the industry sees happening more and more, using technology to supplement the interaction that's required for many types of learning. A PowerPoint slide delivered over the Internet is just that, a PowerPoint slide, and it can't replace human interaction, but the art of Internet training is...

TAMPA, Fla. - CUNA's for-profit arm, now known as CUNA Strategic Services, Inc., has had its share of business failures over the years, but CUNA Network Services President John Hobko said the strategy CSSI has taken with CNS is the polar opposite of yesteryear. Hobko is one of the founders...

Tom Ha sees the challenges grow daily. "Staying up to date on firewalls and anti-virus software is critical to a good operation," says the information systems manager at AmeriChoice FCU, a $70 million, 11,000-member organization in Mechanicsburg, Pa. "Money in accounts is really just another form of data, the real,...