Credit Union Times Magazine January-28, 2009
News
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NCUA Charters N.J. CU
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The NCUA chartered 1st Bergen Federal Credit Union, which will be open for anyone of who lives, works or worships in Bergen County, N.J.
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ATMs: Imaging Technology Is in Place, but Where's the Mandate?
ARLINGTON, Va. -- In the end, the consumer will likely have the final say on whether check imaging makes it all the way to the ATM.
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SBA Grants Yolo Federal CU Preferred Lender Status
WOODLAND, Calif. -- The Small Business Administration has granted Yolo Federal Credit Union preferred lender status.
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USA Fed Shows How Rebranding Breeds Success With Anti-Bank Bite
SAN DIEGO -- Now here's a doggone-good branding success story, and the $700 million USA Federal Credit Union gets to tell all about it:
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Core Processor Adds Content Inspection to Network Security
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Even a team of 30 technology professionals need a little help now and then to protect a far-flung network serving about 40 credit unions spread across the country.
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Wycom Adds Processing
YAKUTAT, Alaska -- A Check 21 solution that automates check processing at the teller line is the newest offering from Wycom Systems.
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The Time Is Right for CUs to Work Together Toward Innovation
In 2007 Bill Cosby (yes, that Bill Cosby) and Alvin F. Poussaint authored the thought-provoking book Come On People...On the Path From Victims to Victors in which they recount stories from hundreds of community "call-outs" in cities across the country.
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System Provider Walks Latest Solutions, Smaller Budgets Tightrope
WALTHAM, Mass. -- The decision by some credit unions to no longer manage their data processing systems in-house and increased penny-pinching has created opportunities for Credit Union On-Line Inc.
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Service CU Goes Live With Remote Signature Capture
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Service Credit Union is now offering remote signature capture to its particularly far-flung membership.
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Campaign Reminds Credit Unions Auto Dealers Are Welcome at SBA
WASHINGTON -- The program has been around for more than two years but the Small Business Administration is hoping a new campaign will remind car and truck dealers that their business is welcome at the agency.
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SEC Finds Another Ponzi Scheme
WASHINGTON -- Instead of 20% returns guaranteed to come every 30 days, investors lost at least $25 million in yet another Ponzi scheme.
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Modular Is the New Green
ST. LOUIS -- Thinking about building green? Design/build firm NewGround suggested that credit unions start going modular rather than traditional.
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Pardon Our Parochialism: Trades Focus on Restructuring Guessing Game
WASHINGTON -- It's not as alluring a topic as Michelle Obama's fashion choices nor does it resonate with the public like a tax bill, yet for credit unions and their advocates here there are few subjects
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PSCU Launches Mobile Banking
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The nation's largest CUSO has joined the mobile banking wave. PSCU Financial Services is offering credit unions a solution that allows credit unions to choose between two widely used formats
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Small Oklahoma Credit Union Makes It Big in Credit Card Lending
OKLAHOMA CITY -- An executive with the $90 million U.S. Employees Credit Union credits a renewed focus on lending and a new card product for a more than 26% increase in the CU's card portfolio balances.
Front Page News
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CU Officials Catch a Glimpse of History
WASHINGTON -- A credit union volunteer played a key role orchestrating the military's involvement while the political director of a trade association waited in line for four hours in subfreezing temperatures.
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Latest Breach Toll May Be in the Millions
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Despite increased policies and procedures to safeguard credit and debit card data, there has been another major breach of card data security.
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Beehive Flits Away From Bank Charter
SALT LAKE CITY -- It turns out that a bank charter is not in the future of the $190 million Beehive Credit Union after all.
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KeyPoint CU to Offer Remittance Services for Members-and Banks
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- A California credit union known for being on the cutting edge of technology has signed on to offer a bank's remittance services not only to its own members but to other banks and credit unions as well.
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California CU CEO Laces Into TARP
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- Some West Coast credit unions that racked up a dismal performance for 2008 were not afraid last week to speak out about inequities in TARP funds being channeled into banks.
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Awaiting Action on TARP, Cram-Downs
WASHINGTON -- Hurry up and wait. That's what credit unions are contending with when it comes to their top priorities in the new Congress and administration.
Columns
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New CUSO Activities Open Door of Opportunity Wider
DES MOINES, Iowa -- In one of his pitches to the NCUA on why credit card loan originations can help the industry better compete, Jeff Russell said the window is wide open to carve a niche given that the top 10 issuers,
Billlionaires Club
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Robins Federal's Financials Gain Regulatory Applause
WARNER ROBBINS, Ga. -- While regulators are on high alert to identify financial institutions with problems, there was good news when NCUA examiners visited Robins Federal Credit Union in December.
Other
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Alaska USA Title Agency Helps Shield Against Lower 48's Housing Crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- When construction of the $8 billion Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was completed in 1977, it sent Alaska's economy into a slump that reverberated across the state.
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Mass. CU Latest CUSO Partner
ADA, Mich. -- UMassFive College Federal Credit Union has become the seventh owner of CUSO Development Co., a provider of real estate, mortgage and title insurance products.
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