SYDNEY, Australia - Imagine being able to offer your members an online Wealth Management Portal where they can quickly evaluate their entire worth including stocks. Imagine your members being able to choose to give access to their financial advisors, lawyers or accountants. And imagine that this fantastic service costs your...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Not in her wildest dreams did U.S. Senate FCU President/CEO Jan Roche ever imagine she'd be taking an antibiotic to combat a strain of the deadly anthrax disease, but these are not ordinary times. No credit union has had a more up close and personal view of...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - State-chartered credit unions in the Sunshine State have a tip Florida Credit Union League officials received from a staffer in the Florida Department of Banking & Finance, and some fast action by the FCUL's team of three lobbyists to thank for the League's success in blocking what...
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The national effort to fight terrorism at its financial roots is now posing a challenge to credit unions: How do you match your member rolls against the Treasury Department's list of more than 7,000 suspected terrorists, international drug dealers and other undesirables? The problem is not just...
MADISON, Wis. - CUNA Network Service's newest strategic tech partner has turned into a 5% equity owner. About a month ago tech giant EDS became a CNS strategic partner for Net banking and other online services, replacing FundsXpress which had a three-year relationship with CNS. At press time during EDS'...
TULSA, Okla. - Bob Bianchini, president/CEO of the Oklahoma Credit Union League may have called the Oklahoma Bankers Association's criticisms of credit unions "the same old rhetoric" and "old news," but that doesn't mean he's shrugging them off. The OBA's statements, said the League, is a reminder of how important...
SOPHIA, Bulgaria - A press conference by the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) marked the beginning of the organization's second year of a three-year project in Bulgaria, according to Project Director John Keane. The press conference was tied in with International Credit Union Day. There are currently over 100,000...
NEW ORLEANS-In her farewell address to the thrift industry, Clinton-appointed Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) Director Ellen Seidman reviewed her four-year tenure as a time of enhanced profitability and stability for both OTS and the thrift industry. President George W. Bush has nominated James Gilleran to serve the remainder of...
LAS VEGAS - Imagine gazing at a 30-foot wide panorama of a Red Rock Canyon sunset while making a teller transaction or walking around a branch where orange Desert Globemallows, bright yellow Desert Marigolds, lavender Asters and other vibrant indigenous desert plants peek out from almost every wall. Not many...