ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - First Financial Credit Union is combining the high-tech power of a sophisticated credit-scoring system with old-fashioned credit union commitment to serving the underserved, and generating new business along the way. The $279 million state-chartered CU is using a new program called Alternative Lending to rule on loan...

DENVER - You can do a lot of things with a Web browser nowadays, including keeping track of your time clock. That's what Kim Oliver does. The CEO of $8 million HealthONE Federal Credit Union has been using the TimeIPS personnel management system from Stratitec Inc. of Wichita, Kan., for...

MOLINE, Ill. - Should the day ever come, the staff at Deere & Company Credit Union will know what to do if a tornado renders useless the credit union's sole office. That was the scenario the $203 million credit union chose as its test case when it recently reviewed the...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - The impact of the new Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act remains to be seen, but the rules-making that follows such sweeping federal lawmaking could well have an impact on financial institutions, credit reporting agencies and IT vendors alike Sophie Louvel, an analyst with Financial Insights,...

NEEDHAM, Mass. - Credit unions that find they are spending a growing share of their information technology budget on risk management are not alone. In fact, risk management is no longer a separate category but a major driver in the financial services market, demanding "a new discipline," according to TowerGroup...

CHICOPEE, Mass. - About once a year, the senior managers at Polish National Credit Union and their counterparts at credit unions and banks from across the Bay State get together for a little quality time with the folks in charge of making sure these financial institutions hew to the complex...

AUSTIN, Texas - Kelly Dowell has been cris-crossing the country lately, taking the fledgling Credit Union Information Security Professionals Association (www.cuispa.org) on its maiden voyage across credit union land. About 135 people attended the first eight CUISPA peer meetings, held in December and January in Las Vegas, the Los Angeles...

SALT LAKE CITY - Mountain America Credit Union is riding the latest wave of telecommunications technology, reaping big savings and new efficiencies. The $1.4 billion CU has deployed an IP telephony system that its senior technology officer says already is saving Mountain America $50,000 a year in long-distance charges between...