BOULDER, Colo. - For less than the cost of a direct mailing, BME FCU is getting its name out in the community while providing the tech-savvy area of northwest Colorado with free wireless Internet service.

When it comes to the new Red Flag Rules:

BOSTON - According to Aite Group, online channel leaders should:

BOSTON - There is a "looming measurement crisis" in online banking, according to a new study. The study, from Aite Group, said its analysis has found that banks report that sales is the most important business goal for online banking, and that proving ROI is critical to rolling out new online banking features, yet few banks can tie account profitability to these features.

CUs Increasing Training Budgets

WALL STREET - The ongoing crisis in the financial markets, which has claimed investment banks Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch and could claim Washington Mutual and Wachovia, will be painful for the markets in the short-term, but also provide opportunities for credit unions, according to several observers.

PORT NECHES, Tex. - While maintaining member service has been high on credit union's lists in the wake of Hurricane Ike, making sure that members and staff affected by the storm receive aid is top priority as well-especially in Texas.

SCRANTON, Penn. - Credit unions are mixing technology with manual processes as they work to gradually comply with "Red Flag" rules.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The former head teller at defunct Obelisk FCU, who bankrupted the $50 million credit union by stealing $7 million to feed her gambling addiction, was banned from the credit union industry, NCUA said yesterday.

BATON ROUGE, La. – A team of would-be robbers dragged a LaCapital FCU ATM from its moorings at the state offices here Wednesday night but failed to break into the cash container.

TOPEKA, Kan. – This state's credit unions are urging the legislature to reject a plan that calls for merging the Department of CUs with the bank and securities regulators.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA reported it granted two more so-called TIP charters (for tradewide, industrywide or professionwide) for the healthcare services industry.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The nation’s largest credit unions continue to grow through mergers, with NCUA yesterday reporting it approved four more mergers involving credit unions over $1 billion.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA yesterday reported it approved 21 new mergers, more than half of them involving one or more troubled credit unions.

WALL STREET – Just as credit unions were about to be offered to sell their stock in MasterCard and Visa back to the credit card companies, this week’s and last week’s stock market crash has cut the value of their MasterCard and Visa shares by almost 15%, costing credit unions millions of dollars in potential earnings.

MADISON, Wis. – CUNA Mutual Group was tallying up the affects of the plunge in financial markets on its $8 billion investment portfolio, which includes $6 billion worth of bonds throughout the U.S. economy.

McLEAN, Va. – Long-term mortgages rates, buffeted by the ongoing financial crisis, fell again this week – one of the key aims of the federal intervention in the markets.

MADISON, Wis. – CUNA Mutual Group yesterday said it has signed with Pinstripe, Inc., a leading recruiter for outsourcing services, to deliver a talent acquisition program for its headquarters and locations nationwide.

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. – A member of HEA CU will spend the rest of his life in prison after robbing his credit union, under the state’s “three strikes” law.

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. – Connex CU said it now offers its members the ability to chat online with customer service representatives.