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Credit unions continue to utilize third-party vendors for all sorts of add-on services, but it can be dangerous to their IT security. Read about this and other technology news in the special report on pages 24-36.

VISTA, Calif. - Credit union technology marketing veteran John San Filippo has made another career move. He has been named director of marketing for Bluepoint Solutions, a provider of document management solutions for credit unions. San Filippo is a former marketing director of Symitar and most recently created The Financial...

GARDNER, Mass. - Demographics and technology have come together to help GFA Federal Credit Union venture forth into a new market while bolstering service to its old stomping grounds. The Gardner-based CU is developing a new branch, ATM and kiosk workstations in the nearby town of Rutland that aim to...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - When Digital Defense was founded in 1999, credit unions' concern about protecting their systems was nowhere near what it was today and Digital Defense's business was a fraction of what it is today - things sure change fast. Most credit unions now realize that any compromise...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Emerging from the land of hype and buzzwords, portals are slowly but surely being integrated into the daily lives of a growing number of employees at credit unions and other organizations while the technology continues to shake out. That's the take from both a leading industry observer...

FORT WORTH, Texas - For one credit union in the Lone Star State, keeping a tight focus on expectations and execution has resulted in what's sometimes seen as the brass ring of financial services technology: a successful CRM deployment. Last fall, $550 million EECU deployed the Synapsys platform from its...