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CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. - If you're a bit skeptical that the World Wide Web is truly global, a new report from Probe Group might change your mind. According to the telecom think firm, North American originating and terminating routes accounted for less than half of overall international peak IP (Internet...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Corillian Corp. and Hipbone Inc. have agreed to provide what they say is the first fully integrated, live online customer interaction solution for the financial services industry. Corillian LiveService will allow online customers to interact in real time with service representatives through secure text chat, co-browsing and...

THE PHILIPPINES - For the past five years the changes in the Philippine credit union movement have been significant. This is a country of 7,107 islands with 75 million people speaking 80 dialects, and it would be easy to think that that type of geographic and language diversity would hinder...

MADISON, Wis. - The .Net Microsoft platform is behind much of the new functionality in CUNA Mutual's revamped Model Management ALM solution. CUNA Mutual will debut the new solution, demos and all, at its 2003 Discovery Conference to be held in Boca Raton, Fla. from June 25-28. The solution is...

DUBLIN, Ireland - There's a new regulator in town for Irish credit unions and its name is the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (IFSRA). The Irish League of Credit Unions is guardedly optimistic about how heavy-handed the IFSRA will be, but IFSRA officials say they are not in favor of...

MARINA DEL RAY, Calif. - Biometrics has yet to live up to all the hype, but that doesn't mean it's dead just yet. According to the International Biometric Group, global biometrics revenues are expected to jump from $601 million in 2002 to $4.03 billion in 2007. A national study conducted...