ARLINGTON, Va. - While change and consolidation have become well-recognized watchwords in ATM and EFT networks over the past few years, similar consolidation pressures have been felt among the nation's independent ATM deployers and are leading to further significant changes in the ATM world. Although independent organizations deploy over 50%...

WASHINGTON - In an effort to both encourage credit unions to document their advantages and produce more useful political data, CUNA has streamlined its Project Differentiation, making it easier to use and moving it to more of a multiple choice format. "We recognized that the survey's perceived length was keeping...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Quietly, unrecognized by many in the credit union industry, the three corporations that make up the bulk of the industry's shared branching network are continuing to revolutionize the way credit unions serve existing members and attract new ones. "For many, shared branching has flown under the radar,"...

ARLINGTON, Va. - MBNA, the Delaware-based firm which claims to be the world's largest independent credit card issuer and is a leading purchaser of credit union credit card portfolios, has established an advisory board of credit unions to help it better understand and service its growing list of credit union...

HELENA, Mont. - The U.S. Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund has recognized a subsidiary of the Montana Credit Union Network as an official CDFI Intermediary Institution. There are only 13 CDFI Intermediary Institutions in the country and Montana's is the only credit union league to have achieved this...

LONG BEACH, Miss. - Offering ATM users an ever greater array of possible services from their ATMs has been a persistent trend in the industry, despite the relatively scant evidence that consumers necessarily want anything more than basic services from the automated tellers. One of the obstacles to deploying machines...

ARLINGTON, Va. - VISA USA, the giant card association based in San Francisco, has partnered with credit unions that issue its branded debit and credit cards in a significant new effort to educate cardholders about its online security program. By May 12 credit union card issuers participating in the Verified...

ARLINGTON, Va. - The advent of new security and regulatory requirements for ATMs has meant that many credit unions across the country have had to, if possible, upgrade their current automated tellers to meet the new requirements or completely replace their machines. At prices ranging from at least $15,000 and...