RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Credit Union League's Web site was down all day January 15 as a result of its Internet service provider being hacked. League spokesperson Donna St. Clair said the hacking also affected about 120 other local companies serviced by the Web hosting provider. "We were one...

Is there a Net banking vendor fight brewing in CU land? Read about this and other tech news in the Data Processing & Technology Special Report on pages 18-28.

RICHMOND, Va. - Delegate Preston Bryant (R-23) introduced a bill that would give state-chartered credit unions the same requirements for reserve transfers as federal credit unions. The State Corporation Commission already approved a regulation that gives state-chartered credit unions parity with FCUs with regard to reserve transfer requirements. Bryant's measure...

While presidential nominations are still waiting to be confirmed for the two vacant NCUA Board spots, NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar was the sole member for the January meeting. The chairman decided to postpone most of the agenda items, but there was big news concerning the NCUSIF. Turn to page 32...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Credit union groups are getting big-time speakers these days. Tim Russert, of NBC's Meet the Press, will be a featured speaker at Empire Corporate FCU's upcoming Economic Forum. The Forum will be held in early April.

Find out how SAFE CU was able to get popular game show host Ben Stein to market the credit union. See story on page 16.

WASHINGTON - According to the National Cooperative Business Association, about 500 credit unions have reserved some 800 new .coop domain names. Credit unions were given an opportunity to reserve .coop names prior to the official Jan. 30 launch date when any co-op will be able to purchase a .coop domain...

National Semiconductor Federal Credit Union, Sunnyvale, Calif., has changed its name to National 1st Federal Credit Union.