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When selecting and implementing new technology, security is rarely a top priority. It should be. Most IT specialists value stability and functionality above all else in new products because they base their decisions on business needs. The reality, however, is that compromised security is ultimately a business issue, and you...

WASHINGTON-Congressman Dave Camp (R-Mich.), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, recently outlined his support of the credit union tax-exemption in a letter to Northland Area Federal Credit Union Chairman Howard Spencer. "Like you, I believe revoking the tax-exempt status of credit unions could impose additional tax...

WASHINGTON - Just as eligible NCUA employees are working up to their union vote June 30, another union is winding down. After just 18 months, the bargaining unit at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has filed a petition with the Federal Labor Relations Authority to decertify from...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Securing the enterprise also means locking down the laptops at Capital Communications Federal Credit Union. The $372 million CU now has portable computers used by staffers in the office and beyond secured by SecuriKey, a two-factor authentication solution from Griffin Technologies in Lawrence, Kan. SecuriKey combines a...

Escalating security threats are a concern for the majority of financial institutions. According to a recently released Deloitte & Touche 2004 Global Security Survey despite an increase in security attacks, some 25% of respondents reported a flat security budget growth. Here are few more survey findings: *83% of respondents acknowledged...

ST. LOUIS - It's been one year since the `no hats, no hoods, no sunglasses' dress code policy at credit unions and banks throughout the state went into effect and there's good reason to celebrate - financial institution robberies in the state have decreased 36% during the first year of...

WASHINGTON - CUNA Chairman Dick Ensweiller, president and CEO of the Texas Credit Union League, was honored with a reception at the U.S. Capitol last week. Several congressional credit union supporters stopped by to shake hands with Ensweiller and CUNA officials at the reception. Congressman Nick Lampson (R-Texas) was one...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - nuVision Financial Federal Credit Union is one of a few credit unions that have turned to "destination marketing." nuVision ads and "advertorial features" have appeared in the February, March and April issues of Money magazine and have gone a long way to building the credit union's...