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WASHINGTON - The following are some key points culled from the FFIEC's guidance on authenticating users online. NCUA is expected to release a Letter to CUs on the issue later this year. Secure password measures: * Six character passwords that are alpha-numeric can be more effective than the common four...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Thad Woodard, president, North Carolina Bankers Association accused credit unions of making it "abundantly clear the message.to Congress, state legislatures, federal and state regulatory agencies, and the public: `The rules don't apply to us.' " In his letter to the editor in the Aug. 20 issue of...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Among the list of items the NASCUS Government Relations Committee is scheduled to take up at its next meeting during NASCUS' annual conference in September, is the bill-H.R. 2796 introduced by Ohio Republican Congressman Robert Ney-that would allow privately insured, state-chartered credit unions to become members of...

WASHINGTON - The National Cooperative Business Association, which led the charge to get the .coop domain name for cooperatives, has yet to find a CU organization to become a founder and act as registrant for CUs and the new .coop domain, but it is having luck in other areas. The...

LEAWOOD, Kan. - Gold Banc Corp., a parent company of Gold Bank seems to think that a slogan is worth more than money too. The Kansas City bank has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas claiming the CUNA's National CU Brand Campaign slogan...

ATLANTA - Surrounded by community banks, Georgia Federal Credit Union's Stockbridge branch in Henry County needed a way to gain visibility. The answer was found in a simple fortune cookie. Next to a Burger King on a busy street, this billboard will run for the next three months. According to...

Theft of propriety information

WASHINGTON - "Don't let the Realtors limit consumer choice! Tell your members of Congress you want more competition in real estate," screams a pop up ad on the American Bankers Association Web site (www.aba.com). The ABA and others have been working recently to extend bankers powers into the real estate...