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INVERCARGILL, New Zealand - Southland Credit Union (SCU) has been presented the People Helping People Award by the New Zealand Association of Credit Unions (NZACU). The annual award goes to a credit union that made a definable difference in the lives of one or more members. This is the second...

ENDICOTT, N.Y. - For Visions Federal Credit Union, exceptional member service is the name of the game and high-tech service delivery is firmly stamped on the top line of the playbook. So when the $1.6 billion, 20-branch office credit union heard about Lobby Tracking, its interest was piqued. Lobby TrackingT...

MIRAMAR, Fla. - A little thing like being able to download account history into Quicken or Microsoft Money is a very big thing to credit unions, especially those making the move into business services. That includes Tropical Financial Credit Union, which depends on connectivity with personal finance management (PFM) software...

FRISCO, Texas - Every quarter credit unions labor over preparing their 5300 Call Report for NCUA. Credit union data processor IntegraSys, a Fiserv subsidiary, believes it has found a way to make that process more efficient. The processor has launched its 5300 Call Report Assistant, a standalone product that is...

WEST JORDAN, Utah - Management at Mountain America Credit Union is promoting workplace morale with a bit of technology and by being "active" listeners. Mountain America (www.mtnamerica.org) is using the Active Listening system from Allegiance Technologies, a Web-based application that lets the credit union collect feedback anonymously from its approximately...

BASEL, Switzerland - The Basel Accords have brought the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) to the attention of United States credit unions. Credit unions in 100 countries are affected. The World Council of Credit Unions worked with BIS to make sure credit union interests were relayed during the writing of...