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Looking back five years ago finds the credit union movement being called to action. In his first meeting with the press since taking over as CUNA CEO Dan Mica said, "We're a small entity but there is a fervor about what we do. There is an intensity and a belief...

ALBANY, N.Y. - New procedures making it easier for the state's 39 state-chartered credit unions to add select employee groups went into effect Sept. 19. Gov. George Pataki signed into law a bill introduced by Sen. Hugh Farley (R-Capital) and Assemblywoman Aurelia Greene (D-Metro) that gives CUs the flexibility to...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - U.S. Central's Corporate Network eCom unit is now offering natural person CUs a middleware product for the Summit Systems and Symitar Systems core processing systems. Corporate Network eCom will be utilizing corporate CUs to market the product to credit unions. The solution, called MemberBridge, was originally...

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,...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - The deal is done. There's no more rhetoric or battles about this one - the $110 million Citizens Community FCU has finally converted to a mutual savings bank. Approximately four years later from the time the CU first tried to convert, it has succeeded. The new...

As shown in this radio spot copy, Maine Savings FCU isn't pushing the "credit union" portion of its name. "At Maine Savings, we know that choosing a name is never easy - whether you're naming your new born baby, the boat that you've spent years restoring or a faithful family...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The tragic terrorist attacks have awakened America to seemingly unthinkable threats such as biological warfare. For credit unions the attacks drive home the need for solid disaster recovery planning, especially data recovery. Moments after skyjacked planes slammed into the heart of America's financial and defense communities, Navy...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - There's a new credit union in town that wants to help Hispanics here - Latino Community Credit Union. With more than 500 robberies of Latinos reported last year, the Durham-based credit union has targeted Charlotte for its latest branch. LCCU has a bilingual staff and materials are...