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9/11 had many hitting the roads

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North Island Financial CU EVP Retail Delivery & Corporate Planning Geri Dillingham was at a strategic forum for senior executives at Squam Lake, New Hampshire in a lodge with no telephone and no cell phone service when the couple that runs the lodge told the group what was happening. "They...

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SAR reporting jumps after 9/11 as financials learn terrorists rely on the financial system to fund their attacks

WASHINGTON-According to Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) data, suspicious activity reporting has increased dramatically since last September. Following the terrorist attacks last year, law enforcement discovered that terrorists were using the U.S. financial services system to help fund their activities. While Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing mainly stayed under 17,000...

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September 10, 2002

Duerr: Time doesn't dull poignancy of witnessing terrorist attack on the Pentagon

ARLINGTON, Va. - Call it happenstance, call it what you will. When NASCUS President Doug Duerr thinks back on the chain of events that occurred on September 11, 2001, one thought crosses his mind: if he hadn't decided to make a stop at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Alexandria...

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September 10, 2002

Events of 9/11 gets one CU thinking more seriously about real-time data back-up

LOS ANGELES - It's almost an old story now. After 9/11 credit unions geared up their disaster recovery efforts. Here's a story of how one CU did it - in real time. Located in Los Angeles, the $480 million Farmers Insurance Group FCU already had earthquakes to worry about, but...

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September 10, 2002

Washington, Oklahoma leagues holding conventions over 9/11

SPOKANE, Wash. and TULSA, Okla. - The Washington and Oklahoma credit unions leagues will be holding their 2002 annual conventions on Sept. 11 - one year to the day after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. "It's definitely been a challenge to have our meeting fall...

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September 10, 2002

Credit unions examine data safety, operations recovery

WASHINGTON- As much as they did for anyone, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks prompted Pentagon Federal Credit Union to re-think its crucial data backup operations. So, it turned half a continent away, to Omaha, Neb., where a new dedicated hot site has been added to the big CU's existing call...

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September 10, 2002

CU industry deals with new focus on fraud post 9/11

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The focus on identity fraud expanded from a consumer problem to one of national security after Sept. 11, but despite the passage of new laws and development of new technologies, the challenge remains large. That's the take from Ariana-Michele Moore, an analyst for Boston-based Celent Communications, who...

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September 10, 2002

Empire scrambles to maintain normalcy for its Cus

ALBANY, N.Y. - As the corporate serving New York credit unions, which were the CUs most impacted by 9/11, Empire Corporate found itself under pressure to move quickly and efficiently to keep business moving as normal as possible. Here's an overview of what the corporate did that day and in...

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