SPOKANE, Wash. — Numerica VP-IT Chris Hyde shared the following list of open source software resources.

RALEIGH, N.C. — New online account opening tools are proving themselves at Coastal FCU here, with nearly 200 new members enrolling at the CU's website every month since March.

RAPID CITY, S.D. — As the economy bottoms out, credit unions may be using online tools to attract new members, but Black Hills FCU here has noticed that the technologies are also helping to retain existing members.

PRINCE GEORGE, Va. — Some credit unions are leaning on free programming provided by processing vendors in order to comply with the "hugely cumbersome" Credit CARD Act - but others are taking matters into their own hands.

The Oregon Credit Union Association hopes to expand its communications to credit unions across the state and the U.S. by using Twitter.

WASHINGTON — A group of credit unions whose mortgages were fraudulently sold by defunct U.S. Mortgage Corp/CU National Mortgage to Fannie Mae are lobbying Congress for return of their stolen funds, part of a $140-million fraud by the former owner of U.S. Mortgage.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Credit unions serving a rural and impoverished area of this country have deployed remote service delivery technologies in a manner that rivals anything in the more developed world.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Cyber criminals are smarter than ever, both in their technical prowess and their ability to con members into handing over confidential information. That's according to participants in an exclusive Credit Union Journal online-fraud roundtable.

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PALO ALTO, Calif. – Addison Avenue FCU has installed Saba’s OnDemand management software.

BROCKTON, Mass. – HarborOne CU has implemented Network Equipment Technologies’ VX Series switch to extend the capabilities of its Voice Over Internet Protocol-VoIP-enabled, multi-branch environment.

ATLANTA – Credit bureau Equifax said yesterday it has agreed to acquire IXI Corp., a McLean, Va., collector, analyzer and provider of wealth and asset data for $124 million in cash.

SAN ANTONIO – Security Service FCU has made a series of key enhancements to its core processing platform - Systematics from FIS.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ¨C Purdue Employees FCU said it has purchased products and services from Experian to provide address verification on its online banking portal to reduce returned mail and comply with USPS Move Update changes.

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