Tenth annual ACUIA conference to be held in Montreal, Canada

MONTREAL-The Association of Credit Union Internal Auditors (ACUIA) is challenging credit union internal auditors and supervisory committee members to go "Beyond the Boundaries" with its tenth annual conference, scheduled for September 26-29 here. The opening keynote speech will be given by Bob Hoel, executive director of the Filene Research Institute. Hoel will take the futuristic approach, as in "What's ahead for credit unions?" and will back it up with recently published research studies from Filene, to outline the competitive, legal and technical challenges faced by CUs in the new millennium, and how to cope successfully with them. Several sessions are devoted to the cyber front, including hacking of Web sites, invasions of privacy, e-risks and security issues and electronic banking compliance. Fraud, scams and bad checks, as well as fictitious loan schemes and how to spot them will also be featured on the program. Barb Loesher, fraud expert, Bruce Jolly, a CU specialist attorney with Shook, Hardy & Bacon, and Deborah Humbert, CUMIS Insurance Society senior risk management specialist, and Elliot Leary and Jim Trimbach, from the FBI Training Academy are among the featured presenters. For information about the conference, call ACUIA at 614-523-3667.