DENVER - Attorney General Ken Salazar and the American Association of Retired Persons have joined forces to help protect the elderly from con artists. According to Salazar, nationally last year alone elderly victims lost $40 billion to con artists. "The mission is simple: to ensure that no senior is left...
LITTLETON, Mass.- To help identify or apprehend the persons responsible for terrorist acts in New York City, Washington and Pennsylvania, Viisage Technology, Inc. a biometric face-recognition/identification provider, has offered the FBI free use of its technology. ``It is clear that the use of face-recognition technology can make a real difference...
Customer Relationship Management (CRM), affectionately known as Member Relationship Management (MRM) in the CU industry is designed to help CUs get a better picture of members and basically pick their spots in matching products to members. But are CUs taking advantage of this technology? According to this survey data from...
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Credit Union League has established CUnited to assist victims of September 11's terrorist attacks. Money collected from credit unions in the state will be given to the New York Credit Union Foundation. Credit unions that make donations will be able to order lapel stickers bearing the...
LONDON - As part of the ripple effect of the tragic events on Sept 11 carrying identity cards may now be required here. According to Home Secretary David Blunkett mandatory ID cards is part of a plan to fight illegal immigration, welfare fraud and the new war on terrorism. Although...
Paul Gentile's articles on aggregation (CU Times, Aug. 29) were excellent. Our credit union's aggregation service will also be "powered by Yodlee" and work very much like T.Rowe Price's site for this service as mentioned in the story. Gentile was able to attain his IBM SEFCU credit union data due...
MELBOURNE, Fla.- Space Coast Credit Union has seen the future and has incorporated a few elements in its latest branch. The Deland branch is equipped with a new 24-hour ATM, extensive parking and a Video Teller System. " Using the latest technology available, video tellers provide complete security to the...
WASHINGTON-Congress and Treasury have asked all financial institutions to hold up their end of the bargain in battling money laundering. Money laundering has been a focus of law and policymakers since the terrorist attacks of September 11, which officials believe were financed through money laundering activity. "Two credit union branches...
State Employees Credit Union of Maryland, Linthicum, has held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its Glen Brunie branch. This branch has been built within five miles of 8,500 member households. AECU Chairman Gayle M. Seward served as the master of the ribbon cutting ceremonies and guests included State Senator Philip...
Many of us remember seeing blurry, slow motion images over Web sites in the days when viewing video over the Web was nothing more than a pipe dream. But increases in bandwidth and something called streaming video has changed all that. Prior to streaming video, an entire file would have...