WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Covering aggregation firms for a few years now I decided to put their convenience claims of a "one-view snapshot" of my financial life to the test. As an avid user of online financial services, including online banking and bill pay at my credit union (IBM...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. - The $3.5 billion Mid-States Corporate FCU's internal Web design team has created and launched a new version of the corporate's Web site at www.midstates.org. Mid-States' Web design team has been designing CU sites since early 2000. Karen Houser and Kara Yerke, the two key individuals of Mid-States'...

Southwest Business Corporation, an insurance, investment and mortgage loan service provider, has named Joe Ware financial products division marketing manager. Wausau Financial Systems, a data processing provider, International Division Image Systems International President Preston L. Farris has retired. Farris will put his talents to work as an international and domestic...

I enjoyed and appreciated reading Mike Welch's comments about the new Credit Union Association of the West (CUAW) in his recent publisher's column. This development was not a surprise to some of us in California. We could see it coming for a long time, and that is just another reason...

PARIS - In his relentless effort to help the have-less of the world, Arthur Arnold, CEO of the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), opened the Fifth International Leadership Conference in the City of Lights. The conference was titled "A World Without Borders." There are now 6 billion "have-less" in...

Online financial services - it means so many things to so many people. Internet banking, online bill payment and check image presentment, e-statements, online loan origination, and more. But, have you thought about brokerage? With the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 the landscape of financial services and the...

REDMOND, Wash. - Security of electronic documents is on the minds of CU leaders everywhere. Recently, NetUPDATE, Inc., a software and services provider for the financial services sector, has acquired Seattle-based DocuTouch Corporation, a leader in document management and digital signatures. With the DocuTouch addition, NetUPDATE will support the ability...

Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union, Bremerton, Wash., has named Marketing Specialist Cathy Brorson Employee of the Quarter. Brorson was singled out for her exceptional commitment to the credit union's vision, mission and values. In addition to coordinating KCFCU's youth programs, Brorson participates in several community partnerships including Safety Saturday, Kitsap...