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ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Summit Federal Credit Union and Buffalo Telephone Employees Credit Union announced plans to merge effective October 1. "Our combined resources make us the largest single credit union in the Buffalo area and will provide a great impetus for future growth,'' said The Summit FCU President/CEO Michael...

NASHVILLE - Frank Abagnale knows fraud and what he sees going on with identity theft amazes him. "It truly is the simplest crime that I have come across in my entire career, and I've been on both sides of the law. Any one can become you," said Abagnale. Some 750,000...

MADISON, Wis. - CUNA's Madison operations has a new PR staffer. Katye Long is making the jump from food to credit unions. Long's last job was at the Madison, Wis.-based Whole Foods Market where she served as marketing/ community relations director. She will handle PR and corporate communications for CUNA's...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As he promised to do, Gov. Gray Davis signed Calfiornia's historic privacy bill in to law, giving California consumers the right to block banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions from sharing most of their personal information. SB 1, the California Financial Information Privacy Act by Sen....

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - Mid-Atlantic Corporate FCU has teamed with Coast to Coast Financial Services Inc. (CTCFS) to launch a new product to help its members comply with the USA Patriot Act. CTCFS will provide authentication of individuals by searching various nationwide public information databases over the Web. "CTCFS uses one...

Primary Payment Solutions and CUNA Mutual are promoting three PPS anti-fraud solutions in a new marketing agreement. They are: *DEPOSIT CHEK, which gives credit unions batch inquiry access to the same information used by the nation's largest financial institutions, including current account status, stop payments and electronic notification of returning...

I read with interest Mike Welch's latest admonition ("NAFCU Conference Tops Despite Tired Format") in his August 6th column regarding the prix fixe nature of most credit union conferences. With the possible exception of the National Association of Credit Union Chairmen's annual "Roundtable Forum", I too have found little real...

PENSACOLA, Fla- Talk about service where you need it. Pen Air Federal Credit Union's Mobile Service Center, a 38-foot mobile office on wheels is designed to provide "curbside" financial service to members and serve the community at special events. Offering ATM access, as well as account and teller access, the...