ANAHEIM, Calif. - Credit union data processor USERS has integrated its DataSafe system with Maxxar's natural language audio response system. The interface is done through Connect-I.T., USERS' OFX-enabled middleware solution. Maxxar's natural language system allows members to conduct transactions using verbal commands. The system can even learn regional accents and...

PORTLAND, Ore. -The board of directors of Oregonian FCU voted to join the Credit Union Association of Oregon, ending years of non-affiliation with the state trade association. Oregonian FCU has more than $31 million in assets and serves about 6,000 members. CUAO represents 110 CUs in the state and more...

BROOKFIELD, Wis. -With the acquisition of FACT 400 by its subsidiary Colombia Limitada, Fiserv, Inc. ups its offerings in the international credit card solutions market in Latin America. Created in Columbia, FACT 400 has been deployed in 19 financial institutions and credit providers in Latin America and supports full management...

WASHINGTON-CUNA had planned to open its highly touted Credit Union House on September 11, but terrorists had other plans. Instead of a `grand opening,' CUNA held a ceremony for its credit union league investors November 7. The 8,300 square foot building located at 403 C St., NE Washington, D.C. will...

MADISON, Wis. - CUNA has announced the 2001 Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility and Louise Herring Philosophy in Action Award winners. The awards honor two female "founders" of the credit union movement whose careers were characterized by tireless work on behalf of their communities and credit unions. Recipients were selected from...

MADISON, Wis. - CUNA Mutual Group and APPRO Systems have partnered to facilitate loan processing. CMG and APPRO Systems will market and distribute CUNA Mutual's LoanLiner lending documents, loanliner.com, APPRO Systems' LoanCenter loan origination system, and APPRO Systems' decisioning tools through loanliner.com. APPRO Systems will enhance LoanCenter's print engine to...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The start of 2001 began with some excitement for NCUA with the resignation of one chairman, the appointment of another, and then the swearing in of a president from a different political party. Despite all the changes, the agency remained stable. NCUA Board Member Yolanda Wheat, a Democrat, was...

WASHINGTON - CUNA, as promised, has sent off a letter to Federal Reserve Gov. Edward Gramlich urging the agency to amend its "Truth in Lending" Reg Z rules to require auto manufacturers to disclose more information to consumers in 0%, or other below market rate financing offers. "When automobile finance...