The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle, which has been under a supervisory agreement for the past year, said it will resume paying dividends to members-albeit a small one-for the third quarter.

VANCOUVER, Wash. - The uproar over online fraud could be a boon to Internet banking, according to one credit union information technology (IT) manager here.

The following are members of The Credit Union Journal's Technology Panel.

NCR has integrated DigitalPersona's biometric fingerprint technology as a component of some of its retail point-of-sale payment systems.

SAN DIEGO - Credit unions raised more than $25,000 in the final days of last month's mid-term elections to help fuel Republican Congressman Brian Bilbray's return to Congress.

What is the face of credit unions? Most likely, you're inside the credit union community and you have an "inside" answer-the trade groups or delegations hiking their respective Hills or that glossy photo of the board of directors you've framed in every branch.

OGDEN, Utah - Passwords are everywhere- there are about 1,400 employee passwords at America First Credit Union here-and managing them can be a "nightmare," according to Randy Hunter, network systems manager at the $3.6-billion CU.

NCUA Plans Dividend Payout to CUs In 2007

Desert Schools FCU has ratchet up its visibility with a new kind of vehicle-30 pint-sized cars wrapped in promotional messages bearing the CU's blue-and-white colors.

Municipal employees CU has chosen SEDONA Corp.' Intarsia to provide it with member relationship management capabilities.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio - ATM maker Diebold has signed with SecuGen to implement the company's Hamster III ISB fingerprint reader for use in the company's IdentiCenter biometric identity fraud system.

Fiserv said its USERs data processing subsidiary has completed the interface of TraceSecurity's TraceAuthenticate multi-factor online authentication system with its PCU Internet Banking solution.

United Nations FCU has purchased PortAuthority Technologies' Information Leak Prevention system to protect its confidential information and member data, the $1.3-billion credit union announced.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Technology vendors: stop the hard-sell.

ERF Wireless, a League City, Texas, start-up, said it has signed with the Louisiana State Police to build a $5 million statewide wireless broadband network that will be used by police and financial institutions for regular and disaster communications.

E1 Financial Credit Union, Monterey Park, Calif., named Dennis Gutierrez community relations officer.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Municipal employees CU has chosen SEDONA Corp.' Intarsia to provide it with member relationship management capabilities.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Shiloh of Alexandria FCU unveiled a new affordable housing program in collaboration with the Virginia Housing Development Agency.

Steven P. Williams, Principal, Cornerstone Advisors, Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz.

Technology vendors: stop the hard-sell.