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  First Tech Touts Rollout of First CU Native Windows Phone App

  By Marc Rapport  |  April 1, 2013

  California credit union travels to Microsoft headquarters in Washington state to celebrate launch with one of its major SEGs.

• First Tech FCU Names CEO

  By Staff Writer  |  November 21, 2012

  First Tech Federal Credit Union announced the appointment of Gregory Mitchell as its new president/CEO, effective immediately. Mitchell previously served as CEO of Irvine, Calif.-based First PacTrust Bancorp and PacTrust Bank.

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  Mobility Matters: Tracking the Mobile Banking Revolution in Credit Unions

  By Robert McGarvey  |  July 16, 2012

  Mobile banking is the game changer, Apple disses NFC, and more

• New Core Platform From Open Solutions

  February 12, 2012

  A newly rewritten core processing platform is now in place at all the credit unions that had been using the DNAsme (small market edition) solution from Open Solutions Inc., the company said.

• Open Solutions Says Migration to New Core Complete

  By Marc Rapport  |  January 25, 2012

  Open Solutions Inc. said it has completed migrating all the credit unions using its DNAsme (small market edition) core processing platform to the Glastonbury, Conn., company's new CUnify solution.

• Guest Opinion: Succession Planning Is Critical Board Function

  By Stuart R. Levine  |  July 17, 2011

  his past month, I attended a Deloitte conference hosted by its Center for Corporate Governance, including 1,000 directors across 30 locations, live from New York City. One of the most important topics and issues discussed is the board’s approach to succession planning.

• Succession Planning: A Strategic Imperative

  By Stuart R. Levine  |  July 5, 2011

  The departure of your CEO is the most important and challenging board responsibility. Most boards don’t provide sufficient time to this critical task. A Korn Ferry survey indicates that although 90% of board members think it’s important, only 30% are prepared for their CEO’s departure.

• PayPal Field Is Filling With Competitors Seeking an Edge

  By Marc Rapport  |  March 2, 2011

  A South Carolina online banking specialist made a P2P shot across the bow recently when it said it was using PayPal as the person-to-person payment engine on its Internet banking platform.

• First Tech Addison Merger Wins Final Member OK

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  December 3, 2010

  The nation's largest merger a $4.7 billion combination of Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union of Palo Alto Calif. and First Tech CU of Beaverton, Ore. has won final approval of First Tech members, it was announced Friday.

• TMI? Facebook, LinkedIn Cited as Sites for Fraudster Forays

  By Marc Rapport  |  November 3, 2010

  The very things that make social media so popular also make them a potential problem for credit unions, their members and those in charge of fighting fraud.