For its latest Flash Report, NAFCU looked into the popularity and uses credit unions have for online training.

Due to the expansion of members' use of Internet banking, bill pay and check card channels over the past few years, and the continuation of increased competition for members' loan, savings and investment business--from both traditional and nontraditional providers--credit unions are allocating greater amounts of budgetary funds to their marketing...

After a downturn, IT security spending is beginning to show some rise, according to Forrester Research (www.forrester.com). Driving the increase is the need for new tools and processes as IT security becomes more integrated into the information technology and risk functions of organizations, the think firm says.