Pat Brownell has spent almost the past decade working as executive director of the National Credit Union Foundation. She has led the foundation through its maturation and been the force behind the launching of several major NCUF initiatives. As her announced departure date by the end of the year inches...

U. S. First Federal Credit Union, San Mateo, Calif., has appointed the following officers to its board: Ernst Obregon, chairman; Wyatt Fisher, vice chairman; Julio Dianda, secretary; Paul Parish, director; Bill H. Baker, director. Named to the supervisory committee are Cal Yuen, Karen Thouvenin and Charlotte Lingo.

Southwest Business Corporation Employee Benefits Division Vice President Gary Lindner's name was misspelled in our September 12 issue. We apologize for the error.

APTOS, Calif. - Pratt & Associates, a consulting practice specializing in check/deposit account fraud, has launched Fraud Advisor.net. Designed in a self-help format, the online service includes access to such information as current fraud schemes, briefings on emerging fraud issues, fraud detection/prevention training and its own "best prevention practices". For...

WALLINGFORD, Conn. - Corporate Network Brokerage Services is keeping it in the family, the corporate CU family that is. CNBS has selected SmartSource Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Constitution State Corporate CU, to provide Web site design, development and maintenance for its Web presence. SmartSource Solutions was founded this past...

Webcasting is essentially broadcasting over the Internet. There is a short delay between the event being Webcast, and when the viewer actually sees it. In order to do effective Webcasting, most experts agree the location doing the broadcasting must have a multicasting based server.

WASHINGTON-The Dow Jones Industrial recorded record losses since it reopened the Monday following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Airline companies are being forced to lay off approximately 100,000 people due to decreased demand. Can the U.S. economy recover from this staggering blow? According to...

ARVADA, Colo. - The $1.9 billion SunCorp Corporate Credit Union completed its first loan participation transaction. The $5 million auto loan participation was done with the $81 million Family First FCU. Back in April, SunCorp was granted NCUA approval to provide loan participation services. A number of other corporates were...