SAN FRANCISCO - Who is most vulnerable to ID fraud? It may be the group you least expect.

LAS VEGAS - One company believes it has a way to raise the IQ of front-line staff.

WASHINGTON - CUNA focused its campaign finance activities on helping the two political parties to rebuild their campaign funds, depleted by the recently completed mid-term elections.

SECU Offering New Mutual Funds

LAS VEGAS - If there is one common denominator in what credit unions want from their technology solutions, it is openness.

As the new, 110th Congress settles down to business, credit unions will once again be seeking needed relief from outdated and burdensome regulations in an updated version of the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act, or CURIA. NAFCU has been working with Reps. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) and Ed Royce (R-CA), the original cosponsors of the previous versions of the bill, to help ready the latest iteration of this vital legislation, and we hope it will be ready for introduction very soon.

Word-of-mouth and reputation are two key motivators of why people do business with financial institutions. That's why it's critical to understand how members and potential members perceive their experiences at various points of contact. This knowledge impacts how credit unions can more effectively attract new members, generate increased deposits and reduce attrition.

WASHINGTON - Rejection doesn't faze Richard "Duke" Strosser, CEO of Del-One FCU.

KENSINGTON, Md. - In an unusual peremptory challenge, the chairman of Lafayette FCU told members a petition drive waged by members angry over the credit union's ill-fated conversion to savings bank is riddled with falsehoods and inaccuracies and should be dismissed.

A Credit Union Journal tradition, in conjunction with credit unions meeting in Washington for CUNA's GAC, on this page readers will find the first page in an expanded section of opinions and editorials.

DEARBORN, Mich. - Candidates endorsed by DFCU Owners United failed to unseat three DFCU Financial incumbent candidates at the CU's annual meeting.

Int'l Remittance Volume Surges

COSTA MESA, Calif. - Nearly half of all consumers believe a housing bubble exists and that a collapse in housing prices is likely, according to a new survey.

There is so much more that credit unions want to do to better serve consumers-and much that CUNA wants to do to help credit unions do that. Yet, the hard fact is that, sometimes, credit unions need to secure some changes in law or regulations just to create a more flexible operating environment in which to thrive.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Pacific Service Credit Union's Home Loan Payment Relief program funded $2.4 million in mortgage loans for qualifying first-time homebuyers in 2006.

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WASHINGTON - Most Americans agree that there is an ethical reason for reducing poverty in the United States. But for credit unions, the issue goes deeper, with critics, Congress, bankers, consumers and different camps within credit unions themselves all weighing in on just what is the CU role in serving people of "modest means."

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - Visterra CU will rebate 25% of a real estate agent's commission to members who buy or sell a home through its new Home Fortunes program being offered in conjunction with the $440-million CU's own mortgage financing. (c) 2007 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com

The CU Journal recently reported on the changing demands on CIOs. I'm one of them. How do you see that role changing, and what does your panel primarily expect and want from CIOs/IT staff at client credit unions?

QUINCY, Mass. - Shoppers throughout the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border are being warned that high-tech thieves may have compromised their bank or credit union accounts by breaking into the check-out line card readers at area Stop & Shop supermarkets and planting card skimmers.