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HOUSTON - Staffers at First Community Credit Union here were a little more addicted to instant messaging each other than they realized. The $250 million CU had been using instant messaging on its internal network for years on a Novell system. When it converted to a Windows NT system that...

DENVER - State-chartered credit unions in Colorado that want to merge now have a strict set of guidelines they have to follow for the Colorado State Financial Services Board to consider their application. Commissioner David Paul said "there needed to be standards so we can make statutory determinations on credit...

CORVALLIS, Ore. -Terrence McDermond, Senior Software Engineer at Summit, recently assumed the position of co-chairman of the Credit Application Working Group of the Interactive Financial eXchange (IFX) Forum. In his leadership role, McDermond will help steer development of IFX open system standards. "It's exciting to be a part of this...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Credit Union League President/CEO Bob Bianchini has no doubt about Rep. Paul Kanjorski's (D-Pa.) support of credit unions, but his ears perked up during CUNA's GAC when he heard comments the congressman make on the regulatory relief hearing and on preserving parity in the dual chartering...

WASHINGTON - Diane Casey, President of America's Community Bankers (ACB), sent the 165 bankers attending the ACB's annual Government Affairs Conference (taking place at press time) to lobby their Congressional delegations in support of five "high priority" issues but not, particularly, to attack credit unions. The five issues ACB considered...

WASHINGTON - The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing last week to discuss a bill introduced by Committee Chairman Michael G. Oxley (R-Ohio) and Capital Markets Subcommittee Chairman Richard H. Baker (R-La.) to enhance investor confidence in the accounting profession and capital markets in response to the Enron collapse....

ATLANTA - As part of the growing CU trend, two more credit unions have sold their credit card portfolios to InfiCorp Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska, Inc. The Westbrook, Maine-based Evergreen Credit Union and Moose Lake, Minnesota-based Lake State Federal Credit Union combined portfolios total $7.4...

Cabrillo Credit Union, San Diego, Calif., has helped member Yolanda France see gold. France is the winner of Cabrillo's Great Gold Giveaway contest and walked away with $100 in gold dollar coins. This contest was promoted in the credit union's first quarter newsletter and included an entry form, which the...