Harbor Goes Live With KeyStone

Shell FCU Updates iLife

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.-ORNL FCU here is unleashing the power of its core processing system by inviting the credit union's business experts into the backroom with IT.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.-In previous years, ORNL FCU here was too busy "growing like gangbusters" to take advantage of core system upgrades, said Michael McKnight, VP and CTO. "We were busy with the day-to-day and always playing catch-up with software enhancements."

TOLEDO, Ohio-A good IT manager knows the credit union's systems inside and out-and "that scares the living daylights out of me," admits Rick Haas, CEO at $45-million ProMedica FCU here.

TOLEDO, Ohio-Employees at ProMedica FCU here like to use Facebook on business computers during breaks, which is worrisome because social media sites are a haven for hackers, said Rick Haas, CEO. But Haas said he has found a way around the threat.

DAVENPORT, Iowa-Tellers Stephanie Holmes and Emily Wilson at The Family CU here surely turn heads. They wear fuchsia t-shirts emblazoned with curious barcodes.

Viewpointe Launches Video

LAKE JACKSON, Texas-No cobwebs on the mobile banking applications at Texas Dow Employees CU (TDECU) here. Members get real-time rates on their Android and Apple devices. Marketing can instantly flash up-to-the-minute new banner ads. No waiting for a vendor or application carrier to deliver the content.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-The computer network runs at breakneck speed at Charlotte Metro Credit Union here: 100 employees across seven branches can work quickly even while application and file data are backed-up in real time to the disaster recovery site.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-David Cooper said he likes that his new WAN accelerator optimizes data at the network level rather than at the application level. In fact, the Silver Peak NX is the only major appliance on the market that works at the network level, said Cooper, VP-information systems, Charlotte Metro CU here.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-New WAN accelerators allow Charlotte Metro CU here to watch what employees are doing on the network, according to David Cooper, VP-information systems.

IOWA CITY, Iowa-University of Iowa Community Credit Union CEO Jeff Disterhoft wasn't surprised to see his CU listed recently among the leaders for average annual growth. What surprised him, he said, was that their numbers weren't higher.

NCUA EXPECTED TO DISSOLVE U.S. CENTRAL CORPORATE FCU

The recent THINK 11 Conference had an all-star line-up of business and thought-leaders who have two things in common: All are members of the Great Success Club, and none are members of a credit union.

U.S. Public Interest Research Group presents the argument that merchants will pass their savings on to the consumer. My thoughts on that idea in three words: WHEN PIGS FLY!

Chuck Bruen, CEO of First Entertainment CU, Hollywood, Calif., shared with readers of Credit Union Journal a comment letter sent to NCUA.

The early adopters in financial services have made their move and proven the viability of mobile banking. It is time for the rest of the credit unions to follow suit. If they don't, they risk losing relevance, and losing members.

NEW YORK- -- Shares in M&F Worldwide, the parent of check printer Harland Clarke, soared 40% to $23.88 as the markets opened this morning after MacAndrews and Forbes Holdings, owned by billionaire corporate financier Ronald O. Perelman, offered to take the company private at a 41% premium.

BETHPAGE, N.Y. – Five talented Long Island music students will receive an opportunity to study and perform at Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts this summer, thanks to a new charitable scholarship program developed by the Usdan Center and Bethpage FCU.