By PAUL GENTILE CU Times Editor PASADENA, Calif. - Wescom Credit Union has formed Wescom Integrated Data Systems, a joint venture between Wescom and Calabassas, Calif.-tech firm IDS Systems. Wescom formed a CUSO, Wescom Holdings, to hold the partnership under, since the CU is not permitted to do so. The...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - The $1.4 billion Lockheed Federal Credit Union has launched account aggregation services. Lockheed FCU's account aggregation, privately branded to its members as "OneView" services, is powered by uMonitor, but is a solution of Vertical Innovation. Aggregation is one part of Vertical Innovation's Platinum level platform suite...

WASHINGTON - A few days before Congress adjourned for the Christmas holiday, Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced Senate Bill 1839 that would block amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and block financial holding companies and national banks from participating in real...

By PAUL GENTILE CU Times Editor SANTA ROSA, Calif. - In just about any key ratio or statistical area you look at, Redwood CU is growing off the charts. CEO William Rayhill said he's no genius and neither is the board, they just keep it simple. While 2001 was a...

By PAUL GENTILE CU Times Editor JEFFERSONTON, Va. - Tom Hughes knew he was trying to get into a game that was already sold out, but he says adding his name to the mix for one of the vacant NCUA Board seats may help him the next time there's a...

WASHINGTON - Still in pre-launch of the name registration stage, the National Cooperative Business Association said 602 credit unions have so far registered 944 names that contain the new .coop domain name. According to NCBA, as a sector credit unions have registered more names than any other sector, but have...

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - The Texas Credit Union League will hold four 2002 Home Equity Lending Seminars to assist credit unions with setting up a home equity lending program and to provide them with a better understanding of the Texas Constitutional Amendment allowing home equity lending. The seminars will be...

WAUKESHA, Wis. - Call center firm Call_Solutions.com, Inc., has named Carlos Medina as Vice President of Business Development for its global inbound customer contact center operations. Medina has over 20 years experience at GE Capital Corporation and J.C. Penney Co., specializing in the financial services, retail and bank credit card...