SAN DIMAS, Calif. - WesCorp said it will become the first corporate to market DEPOSIT CHEK, a check loss prevention service offered by Primary Payment Systems. DEPOSIT CHEK provides advance notification of potential check returns by offering credit unions access to a national shared repository comprised of shared account and...

AUSTIN, Texas - Medical Community Credit Union in Odessa, Texas is the latest credit union to partner with Auto Financial Group, a leading online provider of residual-based financing products for credit unions. As a result of the partnership between the $50 million CU and Auto Financial Group, Medical Community receives...

GLENDALE, Calif. - What do you get when you combine a gas giveaway promotion with a rate drop for auto loans? For 1st City Savings FCU, the winning combination helped the $252 million credit union offer what turned out to be its most successful auto loan promotion of the year....

BRAINERD, Minn. - The National Association of Community Credit Unions' third annual conference held recently in Charleston, South Carolina attracted over 100 attendees. Ray Burnett, NACCU's Chairman and President/CEO of Mid Minnesota FCU, said membership is up 47% this year. The fledgling group is only about three-years old. "Community charters...

OMAHA, Neb. - First Data Resources, a card issuing services subsidiary of First Data Corporation, has become the first U.S. processor certified to personalize MasterCard smart cards on the MULTOS operating system. "Now that the infrastructure is in place to enable U.S. financial institutions to issue MULTOS cards, we look...

SAN DIMAS, Calif. - The search is on to replace a legendary leader in the credit union industry, and at the same time to fill a very high-profile position in the corporate network. During WesCorp's recent annual planning session, WesCorp President/CEO Dick Johnson told the WesCorp Board that he would...

CALABASAS, Calif. - In the traditional business world, being profitable is more of a given than an exception, but not in the dot-com world. It was pretty clear at the end of last year that Internet solutions firm Digital Insight, which has strong roots in the credit union industry, had...

ARLINGTON, Va. - The findings of NCUA's Deloitte and Touche study didn't hold any surprises for NASCUS. The study did what NCUA asked the accounting firm to do, said NASCUS officials. "Deloitte and Touche can't be faulted for their study's findings," said NASCUS Chairman James Forney, supervisor of credit unions...