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DENVER - Payment processing and e-commerce provider First Data Merchant Services, a subsidiary of First Data Corp., has launched direct connections to three of the nation's regional debit networks. First Data's front-end payment processing systems now switch on-line debit point-of-sale transactions directly to the NYCE, Pulse, and Star networks. Plans...

TORONTO - Some credit unions aren't doing all their financial analyses before pricing their products. In fact, some do nothing but react to competitor pricing. CUNA Mutual says it's going to help take the guesswork out of product pricing with its new I-Price solution. CUNA Mutual partnered with Farin &...

Does your credit union's strategic plan include objectives such as increasing the number of member relationships and becoming your members' primary financial institution? If it does, "Should your credit union originate mortgage loans and retain servicing on members' mortgages?" Sometimes the obvious answer is not correct. Credit union managers typically...

WASHINGTON-The House Financial Services Committee passed H.R. 1408, the Financial Services Antifraud Network Act, introduced by freshman Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.). The legislation aims at creating an antifraud network between the nation's more than 250 financial regulators to share information in hopes of better preventing financial fraud schemes. The bill...

WASHINGTON-CUNA Associate General Counsel Mary Dunn testified before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in opposition to its proposal on reporting of deposit interest paid to nonresident aliens. Dunn was the only credit union representative to testify. "We don't know how horrendous this is going to be," Dunn told Credit Union...

Columbia Credit Union, Vancouver, Wash., has named Lisa D. Peake and Craig A. Knipe registered representatives with Financial Network Investment Corporation. In addition, CCU has promoted Michael Florea to assistant vice president of information and technology services. Utah League of Credit Unions, Salt Lake City, has appointed the following officers...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - It's inevitable that CU processors will eventually begin moving away from the old mini-computer systems and to a Windows-server approach, says Darryl Tanner, President/CEO of CU core processor Share One here. "We've done it. We're moving from our VMS on DEC equipment to 2000 servers," said Tanner....

AMES, IOWA - A growing membership base, a new regional development plan and a community charter have reordered priorities for one of Iowa's largest credit unions. ISU Community Credit Union had planned to remodel its existing downtown office this year and open a full-service branch next year. But a burst...