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Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.
Online problems accessing accounts lead to frustrations despite advance notice of changes.
Kinect for Xbox 360, a controller-free, $150 gaming device that allows users to operate their Xbox consoles solely through bodily gestures and voice commands, has made a splash among video game and electronics enthusiasts. But is there a practical application for Kinect outside the gaming world–say, in credit union branches?...
This month, I’ll celebrate my birthday, but I’m not sure how much celebrating I’ll do. At 28, I’m back in my hometown in Oregon after two cross-country moves and more than one journalism career blip thanks to the economic downturn.
Technology alone can't defeat social engineering, company argues.
New group inspired by newly formed national Crash Network.
Federal agents seized and replaced five command and control servers and 29 domain names used by the botnet to hack financial accounts.
Fraud is inevitable for financial institutions, even when diligent precautions are taken, according to experts in the credit union security space.
Web security firm says 68 of 100 tech-savvy subjects followed links about new job alerts to potentially infected website.
Effectively marketing Millennials presents a whole new set of challenges, according to a new report from consulting firm The Futures Group.
Many small on-campus credit unions are particularly feeling the squeeze of product growth demands and face merger pressure.
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