BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Fiserv has launched an aggregation solution, Fiserv Account Exchange Network. Fiserv said it will provide direct feeds from several of its processing systems, allowing real-time data to flow from financial institution accounts, as well as securities and insurance accounts. Teknowledge Corporation's TekPortal account aggregation engine is one...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - This last issue of the year features a 14-page Year In Review section, the largest in the publication's history. Turn to pages 14-28 for a look back on a credit union year that had a little bit of everything. This is the 51st and final...

Kansas Credit Union Association, Wichita, has promoted Jamie Varbel to director of communications and marketing. Emporia State Federal Credit Union, Kansas, CEO Wilma Cravens has decided to retire after 23 years of service. Under Cravens' direction ESFCU has grown from $1 million to $23 million in assets. Cravens will retire...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Microsoft and Corillian have formed a strategic agreement to provide Microsoft's Web-based subscription service, MSN Money Professional, to Corillian clients. The deal calls for Corillian to integrate the service with its Voyager platform. MSN Money Professional was unveiled last month at the COMDEX show. It is the...

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DENVER - First Data Resources, Argus Information and Advisory Services LLC have joined forces to help credit card issuers calculate profitability at the individual account level. ProfitNet? sends participating issuers a quarterly analysis of their portfolio performances and detailed profitability information ranging from risk criteria to account pricing, on each...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - It was an active year for CU-to-thrift charter conversions. Notable about this year was the size of some of the converting CUs. Historically CUs that have converted have been on the smaller side, but no more. Take for example the $356 million Rainier Pacific FCU...

WASHINGTON-In the 21st bankers lawsuit against credit unions since 1984, and the only suit since the passage of the Credit Union Membership Access Act (H.R. 1151), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found the bankers' case without merit. The American Bankers Association (ABA) filed suit against...