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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Deploying a key member service remotely through an application-service provider (ASP) is not unique, but increasing numbers of credit unions are adopting a hybrid approach - keeping their core transaction processing in-house while managing online banking and other add-on solutions offsite. For many credit unions, it's an...

NEEDHAM, Mass. - Perception is reality when it comes to deciding whether to bank online, and persuading consumers who think the computer's not a safe place to bank is going to be a high bar to hurdle, according to a new report from TowerGroup. "TowerGroup primary market research has found...

Find out how one credit union is dealing with employee backlash to rising insurance costs as well as other news in the Insurance Special Report on pages 18-20.

An astronaut shares his dangerous space odyssey with credit unions. Page 22.

A recent Prudential Life Inc. 2003 LTC Insurance Employee Benefit Study finds that long term care insurance is gaining popularity and now ranks equal to group life insurance. Given American Association of Retired Persons' estimates that the annual bill for nursing home care averages $56,000 or higher in urban metropolitan...

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. - After 16 negotiating sessions, Inland Employees Federal Credit Union and the United Steelworkers of America Local 2003-21 have reached another more vocal stalemate. At press time, union employees planned to rally in front of the credit union's headquarters here. At issue are the health insurance premiums...