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Like their U.S. counterparts, Canadian credit unions are member-owned, democratically-run not-for-profit cooperatives that operate based on the "people helping people" philosophy. Despite their many similarities, there are several unique characteristics of the Canadian CU system that U.S. credit unions are unaccumstomed to. Here are a few of them: * The...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - PSCU Financial Services, the card servicing CUSO that serves over 500 credit unions that process their transactions with First Data, has recovered $11.1 million in fraud losses experienced by its members' cardholders, PSCU has announced. The company processed and closed 96,000 cases of card fraud in...

TORONTO - The Maytree Foundation's Immigrant Loan Program, which currently serves Ontario, seems like a natural for other provinces with large populations of newcomers to Canada, for example British Columbia. Stephanie Saunders, Maytree's communications coordinator, agrees the effort may indeed expand into other areas. But first the backers want to...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - When Dave Mowat, president/CEO of Canada's largest credit union, Vancouver City Savings Credit Union - also referred to as VanCity- takes the podium at the NAFCU Annual Conference on July 15, he plans to not only welcome attendees to his city, but emphasize what he feels...

NEEDHAM, Mass. - Because radio frequency (RF) payment systems and RFID inventory tags are still in their infancy and often not fully understood by consumers, they have been subject to some occasionally nasty talk about violating consumer privacy. But they are two very different things. A recent report by TowerGroup...

BRISBANE, Calif. - From a pool of more than 120 submissions, RSM McGladrey has announced the four winners of its 2003 Best Practices awards. In its tenth year, the forum recognizes excellence in credit union financial analysis and internal controls and acknowledges the CEOs, CFOs, Internal Auditors and other credit...

Clancy Mitchell Arlington Publishers Representatives, Inc. Florham Park, N.J. (973) 822-3522 Clancy Mitchell has been in sales and marketing in some capacity her entire professional life, but says she has finally settled into a job she can retire in - as an independent advertising sales representative working exclusively on Credit...

San Antonio Federal Credit Union, has elected the following officers to its board: Pat L. Wilson, chairman; Leslie J.A. Sachanowicz, vice chairman; Frank Burk, secretary; and Richard Rodriguez, treasurer. In addition the following will serve as board directors: Samuel Idrogo, Debs McCrary, W. John Soper, Sue E. Turner and David...