ARLINGTON, Va.-In the latest NAFCU Flash Report, NAFCU Economist Jeff Taylor found some surprisingly good news for credit unions on the approvals of select employee groups (SEGs). "Overall, it appears that the majority of SEG applications, regardless of size, are being approved when the appropriate details are provided and regulations...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Will Windows XP be greeted with a yell or a yelp, or maybe just a yawn, when the next generation of the world's dominant computer-operating system rolls out later this year? While the new generation of Windows promises to be the most evolutionary since Windows 95, veterans...

WEST PALM BEACH - This year, the big summer slashes have been job cuts. Union Planters Corp. has announced it's cutting an unspecified number of jobs and American Express will also be eliminating up to 5,000 jobs this quarter. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is projecting that job cuts would...

There are many reasons why e-mail marketing can be an effective channel for credit union marketers. Some of the benefits include: reduced cost (as low as pennies per message); the ability to target by segment; the ability to quickly test, measure and modify campaigns; and real-time response (e-mail programs generate...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Think your credit union's safe and secure, hiding all that confidential data and crucial functionality behind the latest and greatest in firewalls? Think again. "The lesson of the Code Red worm is that firewalls didn't prevent it, period. That's the issue," says Chuck Welsh, president of NetBankAudit...

The number of outside surveys involving credit unions, either directly or indirectly, is rapidly increasing. It seems that the interest level in dissecting and understanding credit unions and CU member behavioral patterns has never been greater. Let's look at some recent surveys. Credit unions love the survey of 1,001 consumers...

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Aviation Associates Credit Union, Wichita, Kan., has named Monica L. Roberts vice president.