Search Results

ARLINGTON, Va. - Credit card fraudsters have begun to pass themselves off as cardholders with good credit ratings while perpetrating the latest type of credit card fraud, fraud experts have said. In so-called "bust out" frauds, perpetrators inflate established credit card balances with bogus payments, and then either use or...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.- CNBS President/CEO Brian Hague said this year is another record year for the firm, but the pace is much more torrid than last year. Year-to-date CNBS' dollar volume of transaction revenue is up 54% over the same time last year. "Each of the last 10 months has...

REDMOND, Wash. - A new program by Safeco Life Insurance Company may help credit unions here dangle health insurance as an incentive to lure or retain part-time staffers. Designed for companies with at least 51 full-time employees that employ predominately part-time, hourly, seasonal or temporary employees, the Select Benefits Indemnity...

BALTIMORE - A new Vertis survey finds that the new National Do Not Call Registry, which will be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and the states effective Oct. 1, 2003, may be good news for direct mailers. The Customer Focus survey finds that most consumers...

WASHINGTON-Treasury Department General Counsel David Aufhauser submitted his resignation to the president Sept. 2. "It is with both pride and regret that I respectfully submit my resignation as General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury effective September 30, 2003," Aufhauser wrote. "Pride because it has been a privilege and...

WASHINGTON- Jean Sherman Chatzky, a Today show contributor, provided several suggestions recently on how to save money before year-end. In "Fix your finances for the fall," which appeared on MSNBC.com, Chatzky wrote, "Whether or not you're a parent, September - to me at least - always represents back to school,...

MONETT, Mo. - Jack Henry & Associates says its sweet spot this year is the $1 billion to $30 billion range. Jack Henry, the parent company of credit union data processor Symitar Systems, said it serves 74 financials (banks and credit unions) in this range. According to Jack Henry, Symitar...

WESTBROOK, Maine - Despite its small geographic size and a downturn in the paper production industries that have economically affected one out of four residents here, Maine's credit unions still manage to have a penetration rate of 48%, making the state the fifth strongest in the nation in terms of...