REDMOND, Wash. - Security of electronic documents is on the minds of CU leaders everywhere. Recently, NetUPDATE, Inc., a software and services provider for the financial services sector, has acquired Seattle-based DocuTouch Corporation, a leader in document management and digital signatures. With the DocuTouch addition, NetUPDATE will support the ability...
Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union, Bremerton, Wash., has named Marketing Specialist Cathy Brorson Employee of the Quarter. Brorson was singled out for her exceptional commitment to the credit union's vision, mission and values. In addition to coordinating KCFCU's youth programs, Brorson participates in several community partnerships including Safety Saturday, Kitsap...
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Will Windows XP be greeted with a yell or a yelp, or maybe just a yawn, when the next generation of the world's dominant computer-operating system rolls out later this year? While the new generation of Windows promises to be the most evolutionary since Windows 95, veterans...
Fairwinds Credit Union, Orlando, Fla., has named Wayne Washington vice president of lending. Post Office Employees Credit Union, New Orleans, President/CEO Sidney Parfait, has been elected National Council of Postal Credit Unions President.
PORTLAND, Ore. and ATLANTA -eFinance solutions firm Corillian Corp and Air2Web, a wireless platform provider, have partnered to offer financials a fully integrated wireless Internet banking solution. Corillian will integrate Air2Web's wireless piece into the Corillian Mobile application, running on its Voyager Internet banking platform. This will allow end-users to...
CLEARWATER, Fla. and ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Card Services for Credit Unions and Certegy Card Services, Inc. have joined forces to offer cardholders electronic bill payment and online access to their statements via eZCardInfo.com. eZCardInfo.com links the cardholder directly to each CU's Web site, to provide Internet-based services such as paying...
TUKWILA, Wash. - Boeing Employees' Credit Union (BECU) has broadened its summer internship program to aid community causes in addition to teaching on-the-job financial service experience. "In addition to learning about the financial services industry, we have expanded the internship program to include community-service activities," said Dana McCarthy, employment manager...
WASHINGTON-According to the Credit Union Legislative Action Council of CUNA's (CULAC's) reports of receipts and disbursements, the political action committee (PAC) is out-receiving and out-spending last year's numbers, which was an election year. Typically more funds flow through PACs during election years. Federal Election Commission (FEC) records show that while...
The recent publisher's column by Mike Welch, "Go West young man and form another new group," in the August 8th issue is way off target. The recently formed Credit Union Association of the West (CUAW) is not a merging of the leagues. It is a joint venture of the four...
NEW YORK - As the Fed is leaning toward "traditional e-mail" for financials to use in communicating with members/customers, a recently-released American Banker survey showed bank e-mail responses are usually too generic, or too late. In an admittedly informal survey, an American Banker reporter sent this basic question, "Do your...