SUITLAND, Md. – Andrews FCU has launched a free online debt management tool called Debt in Focus, a web-based tool that helps people improve credit scores and better manage debt.

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SAN DIEGO – A new company here has announced plans to roll out a new core data processing solution for credit unions.

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WASHINGTON – Credit Union Student Choice, a CUSO that provides private student lending services, has launched CUSelect, a Web tool that helps would-be private student loan borrowers connect with credit unions who participate in the Student Choice network.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Consumers now are able to lock and unlock their debit and/or credit cards in seconds – if that card is issued by a PSCU credit union, that is.

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This month's technology special report includes a look at how credit unions are using social media to boost their collections efforts, the quest for a comprehensive tool for managing all kinds of risk, as well as coverage out of the CUNA Technology Council Summit and much more.

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Symantec Corp. released the global results of its fifth annual IT Disaster Recovery survey, which it said demonstrates rising DR pressures on organizations caused by soaring downtime costs and more stringent IT service level requirements to mitigate risk to the business.

WASHINGTON — Tiny iron particles may be the next item in the banking industry's antifraud toolkit.

GLENDALE, Calif. — Thousands of credit unions back up business data onto magnetic tapes, but Los Angeles FCU (LAFCU) here never liked that practice.

VERNON HILLS, Ill. — Managing your money at Mint or Wesabe may be popular in the down economy, but some say that getting financial advice online from your credit union is better for the long-term-particularly when that advice recommends the CU's products and services.

CAMAS, Wash. — Determined to examine risk from all angles, Lacamas Community CU here is looking for one risk management tool that "does it all," at a price the $175-million CU can swallow.

SAN FRANCISCO-Online money management tools could act as a beacon for high-income, high-debt people who are looking for help during the financial fallout, according to a panel at the CUNA Technology Council (CTC) Summit.

SAN FRANCISCO — Tinker FCU, State ECU, Nassau Financial FCU and Envision CU were honored as winners of the 2009 CUNA Technology Council Best Practices Awards at the Council's 14th Annual Summit.