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NASSAU, Bahamas - Between 65-70% of all computer crime comes from employees and contractors, according to Glen Christopher who spoke at the Seventh Annual Leadership Conference held by the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) on August 1-4th. However, the remaining attacks can come from any hacker, cracker or script...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - It's hard to put a price on security, but when it comes to patching that growing flood of server and PC vulnerabilities, it's only going up. Generally the term "patches" refers to software downloads needed to plug potential or actual ways that hackers, of both the ethical...

Phishing is growing as fast as spam did a couple years ago, and it's in many ways more dangerous, since it can result in lost privacy and stolen money, not to mention damage to a financial institituion's reputation. Here are two charts from Forrester Research that help tell the tale...

CU Cooperative Branching, Louisiana's credit union shared branching network, has named Jennifer Plaisance accountant. HTG Architects, an architectural firm, has named Robert Brandwick and David Elms project architects.

MCLEAN, Va. - Eugene McQuade, 55, has been appointed president and chief operating officer, of Freddie Mac, effective Sept. 1. He succeeds Paul Peterson as COO who, according to a Freddie Mac statement, will remain with the company as a senior advisor to ensure an orderly transition. He plans to...

ORLANDO, Fla. - YourMSR.com, a Worldwide Interactive Services product, announces the launch of Audio Bill Pay 4.0 for Internet Banking Bill Pay 4.0. The new product enhancement allows for bill payment activity to be initiated from within the YourMSR.com audio system with the same features and functions available with Internet...

Don't ever underestimate the influence of labor unions, especially if you are a CEO. Many years ago, as part of the fallout of CUNA's one and only strike by members of OPEIU Local 39, the CUNA managing director (president/CEO) was given his walking papers. On August 2nd of this year,...

CHICAGO - Credit unions in 10 states are in the midst of a newly-enacted code that updates trust laws and adds sometimes controversial disclosures, but the model still has the flexibility to be tweaked. The Uniform Trust Code (UTC) was drafted and adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on...