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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The adoption of data warehousing technologies is growing sharply, according to Forrester Research. The think firm's quarterly data warehousing survey found that more than two-thirds of the 170 participants in a major industry conference plan to increase spending on the technology at their organizations. Driving the spending...

Rhode Island Credit Union League, Warwick, has awarded People's Credit Union member Maria C. Monti a $500.00 scholarship. Monti was selected based on a variety of criteria including the academic performance, financial need, extracurricular activities and the quality and content of an essay that addressed her intended major field of...

ST. LOUIS - For its work in supporting a vocational training program, Vantage Credit Union, along with six other financial institutions will be honored by the city's major and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis on Sept. 9 The $457 million Vantage along with U.S. Bank, First Bank, Southwest...

WASHINGTON-The total number of bankruptcy filings fell slightly for the year ending June 30, 2004 for the first time since June 30, 2000. Bankruptcies for the 12-month period ending June 30 tallied 1,635,725, down 0.9% from a year ago when filings reached 1,650,279, according to the Administrative Office of the...

WASHINGTON-The tough economy last year has shown itself in CUNA's senior officers' benefits. In a number of cases, CUNA had to up its contributions to the benefit plans because of the low interest rate environment, according to CUNA Vice President of Communications and Media Outreach Pat Keefe. Actually, the overall...

Senator John Kerry's proposal on credit cards has the following key elements: Bar Massive Rate Hikes on Perfect Customers. The Kerry card proposal would ban the practice of hiking credit card rates because of a missed payment to other creditors. "A customer who put a $1,000 washer-dryer on a credit...

Pacific Service Credit Union, Fresno, Calif., has donated $5,000 to the Sheriff's Foundation for Public Safety for its youth camp program. The donation will enable low-income, at-risk children in grades 5-6 to attend one of three week-long camps at Lake Sequoia. Part of the Elementary School Safety Program (ESSP), Camp...

BOSTON - A wave of IRA rollovers over the next four years could spark a significant increase in separately managed accounts (SMAs). According to the Financial Research Corp.(FRC), by 2008 money rolled over into IRA accounts is expected to deliver more than $50 billion annually in SMA net flows. Through...