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ANAHEIM, Calif. - Free. No cost. No charge. On us. Help yourself. However you want to term it, Partners FCU here is doing something pretty much unheard of in the credit union industry - not charging any of its members for its online bill payment service. Most credit unions don't...

MADISON, Wis. - In what appears to be an amicable parting of ways, CUNA and FundsXpress have ended their three-year Internet banking marketing arrangement. The partnership, formed in July of 1999, made FundsXpress CUNA's endorsed provider for Internet banking, which was sold through CUNA's then eCommerce division. A lot has...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - When the term virtual private network (VPN) entered the lexicon of financial technology, it had a pretty specific meaning: a pipeline of data transfer through the wide-open Internet secured by SSL or other encryption methods. That definition is now expanding. For instance, there's this from Harold Randolph,...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - There's just something empowering about knowing what's in your credit report. Everyone wants to know but some have no clue where to start. Visionary Systems, an automated credit and marketing decision firm, through its WorthKnowing subsidiary, is offering an online credit report tool to CUs that gives...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - While it's hard to pin a dollar amount on the savings credit unions enjoy after adopting paperless receipt systems, those that have jumped on the bandwagon, and the core processors serving them, agree the time has come. "We certainly see a growing interest in receipt imaging. It's...

Pat Brownell has spent almost the past decade working as executive director of the National Credit Union Foundation. She has led the foundation through its maturation and been the force behind the launching of several major NCUF initiatives. As her announced departure date by the end of the year inches...

APTOS, Calif. - Pratt & Associates, a consulting practice specializing in check/deposit account fraud, has launched Fraud Advisor.net. Designed in a self-help format, the online service includes access to such information as current fraud schemes, briefings on emerging fraud issues, fraud detection/prevention training and its own "best prevention practices". For...

AUGUSTA, Maine - Despite stereotypes to the contrary, internal auditors do not take pleasure in finding violations at their credit unions. "Probably one of the common misconceptions about internal auditors is that we are just looking for what is being done incorrectly," said Maine State Employees' Credit Union Internal Auditor...