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VALLEY FORGE, Pa. - Credit unions not only want their IT department to be able to pull data from their core system and create custom reports, they want that power CU-wide for all employees. USERS has released the latest version of DataSafeSQL - a standards-based tool that gives credit union...

In April 2000, the NCUA allowed credit unions to provide electronic statements instead of mailed statements, at the members' option. That rule, following the lead of the Federal Reserve Board, was amended by the NCUA Board on June 14. It now reads: Standards set for electronic Truth in Savings disclosures...

ST. LOUIS - Talk about hands on. Attendees at CU Conference's recent CU Technology Summit in Las Vegas received their very own "tech tours" by visiting the facilities of two Las Vegas-area credit unions. CU Conferences and William Rogers & Associates sponsored the program. Twenty-four attendees visited the retail branch...

MANCHESTER, U.K. - People love lotteries all over the world, but Association of British Credit Union Ltd. (ABCUL) credit unions and study groups in the South and West of England have even more reason to love the lottery. They have just won a 4200 pound grant from the British National...

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...

One CU core processor has just made the transformation to a completely Windows-based solution; small credit unions are utilizing tech tools to offer members big-time services; e-statements are hitting the mainstream; there's a tech showdown set for Texas. These are just some of the issues covered in this Data Processing...

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....