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WASHINGTON - Jeffrey H. Butland, a SBA regional administrator, died on Aug.1 after suffering a heart attack at his Cumberland, Maine home. Butland, 53, was the regional administrator for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. "Jeff was an invaluable resource for the SBA and a dedicated advocate...

WASHINGTON - Despite hints of possible inflation and accompanying higher interest rates, credit unions' loan growth in the second quarter 2004 - 4.4% - outpaced first quarter's loan growth of 1.7%, Callahan & Associates' First Look program shows. The report based on data collected from 475 participating First Look credit...

SALT LAKE CITY-To show its support of Children's Miracle Network in a major way, Mountain America Federal Credit Union has announced its first "intermountain west" golf tournament next month following the lead of a Portland CU which has pioneered the charity event. "We've long been one of the sponsors of...

NASSAU, Bahamas - Between 65-70% of all computer crime comes from employees and contractors, according to Glen Christopher who spoke at the Seventh Annual Leadership Conference held by the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) on August 1-4th. However, the remaining attacks can come from any hacker, cracker or script...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - It's hard to put a price on security, but when it comes to patching that growing flood of server and PC vulnerabilities, it's only going up. Generally the term "patches" refers to software downloads needed to plug potential or actual ways that hackers, of both the ethical...

Phishing is growing as fast as spam did a couple years ago, and it's in many ways more dangerous, since it can result in lost privacy and stolen money, not to mention damage to a financial institituion's reputation. Here are two charts from Forrester Research that help tell the tale...

CU Cooperative Branching, Louisiana's credit union shared branching network, has named Jennifer Plaisance accountant. HTG Architects, an architectural firm, has named Robert Brandwick and David Elms project architects.

MCLEAN, Va. - Eugene McQuade, 55, has been appointed president and chief operating officer, of Freddie Mac, effective Sept. 1. He succeeds Paul Peterson as COO who, according to a Freddie Mac statement, will remain with the company as a senior advisor to ensure an orderly transition. He plans to...