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GLASGOW, Scotland - Scotwest Credit Union holds 13% of the assets deposited in the 700 credit unions in England, Wales and Scotland. About to mark its 10th anniversary, the credit union has a lot to celebrate. With more than 15,000 members, it is somewhat of a phenomena in the British...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Even with many favorable signs, the new Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate presents a climate of some uncertainty for credit unions, particularly on community reinvestment type regulation, according to Peter Crear, CUNA's executive vice president and chief operating officer. Speaking at the annual meeting of the...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - It's inevitable that CU processors will eventually begin moving away from the old mini-computer systems and to a Windows-server approach, says Darryl Tanner, President/CEO of CU core processor Share One here. "We've done it. We're moving from our VMS on DEC equipment to 2000 servers," said Tanner....

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Ron Daly has a lot of confidence in the future of electronic statements. Enough that he gave up his executive-level job to create a company specializing in the new service, which has gotten a boost in the year or so since federal regulators decided to allow credit...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - It may be a question of perception, but there's diverse opinion lately about the progress of CUNA's marketing campaign for national branding. On one hand, Peter Crear, CUNA's executive vice president and chief operating officer, told New Mexico credit union executives he's disappointed with the number of...

DALLAS - Word is spreadin' like brushfire! A Mecca in Texas: three unlikely pardners-all sheriffs in the financial services industry-gangin' up, blazin' a trail, formin' a posse, and aimin' to ambush technology. Why, it's unheard of in these parts! Casting off those Lone Ranger masks, the Texas Credit Union League,...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Barbara Argo's credit union offers Internet banking, online loan applications, credit cards and ATM access. That's with a small handful of workers, including herself as president of the Cal Poly FCU, an $8 million, 3,500-member organization on the campus of Cal Poly-Pomona University in suburban Los Angeles....

TAYLOR, Mich. - It's bandied about all the time in the industry, "Small credit unions can use technology to offer big credit union services." Digital Dialogue here thinks it has what it takes to get small CUs on that path. Digital Dialogue recently unveiled the D2 Small Credit Union Module....