DENVER - Payment processing and e-commerce provider First Data Merchant Services, a subsidiary of First Data Corp., has launched direct connections to three of the nation's regional debit networks. First Data's front-end payment processing systems now switch on-line debit point-of-sale transactions directly to the NYCE, Pulse, and Star networks. Plans...

TORONTO - Some credit unions aren't doing all their financial analyses before pricing their products. In fact, some do nothing but react to competitor pricing. CUNA Mutual says it's going to help take the guesswork out of product pricing with its new I-Price solution. CUNA Mutual partnered with Farin &...

TORONTO - Everything starts and ends with excellence for CUNA Mutual Group President/CEO Mike Kitchen. "If you can't do it with excellence, then don't do it. There's no point in trying to be mediocre. It's pretty hard to motivate staff to be mediocre," said Kitchen during a Credit Union Times...

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - It's not changing its name to evolve into something different, it's changing its name to reflect what the credit union has become. That's the message Hughes Aircraft Employees FCU wants its members to get loud and clear. After 61 years with the Hughes name, the credit...

SAN FRANCISCO, ANAHEIM and CHATSWORTH, Calif. - When it comes to being able to make member business loans, a credit union's looks can be deceiving. Take Patelco CU in San Francisco, for example. As the fourth largest credit union in California, it would be easy to assume the credit union...

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The professional career of NAFCU Services Corporation President Keith Nolan started out with VISA. He spent four years in operations at VISA, and three years in marketing and sales. Nolan then entered the CU industry by joining Payment Systems for Credit Unions in 1989 as senior vice president, Eastern regional...