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SAN FRANCISCO - Financial Finesse will be providing financial-education content to the Internet sites of the 20 credit unions belonging to the CUTech Technology Research Consortium. Financial Finesse is a San Francisco-based provider of unbiased financial education programs. CUTech is a provider of technology research, software, and consulting services. Consortium...
ARLINGTON, Va. - NCR Corporation, the international manufacturer of ATMs based in Dayton, Ohio, has almost finished working on a prototype ATM that will run on solar power and batteries, the company said. "The product is still a prototype but we are working on ironing out the final problems," reported...
FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines Federal Credit Union, the eighth largest credit union in the U.S. with $4 billion in assets, has applied to the NCUA for a TIP (trade, industry or profession) field of membership expansion. At press time, AAFCU had not received approval on its application, but...
COLUMBIA, S.C. - For anyone who might feel so jaded by hearing about the latest computer virus, worm or hack attack in the news every day that complacency is setting in, Jon Ramsey has some numbers for you to consider. "SecureWorks' intrusion prevention technology has prevented the effect of over...
STAMFORD, Conn. - IDS is RIP, or will be soon. That's the word from a leading think firm which declares that intrusion-detection systems and their successors, intrusion-prevention systems, are hyped-up market failures that may soon prove to be a waste of time, money, and perhaps worse if they fail to...
BEAVERTON, Ore. - With bank attacks on the increase and credit unions facing the possibility of taxation, the Credit Union Association of Oregon's Board of Directors voted and approved an official Statement of Unity demonstrating Oregon credit unions' commitment to a united front. By signing the statement, the board said...
WASHINGTON-Republicans running for reelection to the U.S. Congress received the highest political action committee contributions from CUNA last month, according to data from the Federal Election Commission. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) received $5,950.05 from CUNA's Credit Union Legislative Action Council between campaign contributions and an event held...
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...