WASHINGTON - Financial experts have been talking for years about the advent of the checkless society, but despite technological advances paper checks have remained a dominant form of consumer payment. Consumers still haven't entirely gone checkless, but new data collected by the Federal Reserve System suggest that in their effort...

BRISBANE, Calif. - It's that time of year again, time for O'Rourke Sacher & Moulton to recognize the "Best Practices" in credit union financial analysis and internal controls. This year's winners span a number of critical areas of credit union operations, said Tom Lent, partner with O'Rourke Sacher & Moulton,...

SAN DIMAS, Calif. - WesCorp and PacCorp have agreed to disagree about the need for a "consolidation" between the two corporates, and now WesCorp says it will begin building up its local presence in Hawaii with a Honolulu-based office scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2002. At $15...

WASHINGTON - Financial experts have been talking for years about the advent of the checkless society, but despite technological advances paper checks have remained a dominant form of consumer payment. Consumers still haven't entirely gone checkless, but new data collected by the Federal Reserve System suggest that in their effort...

Some CUs, vendors adjust military leave pay policies to assist their reservist employees. See story page 6.

Frank Wielga's "Tribute to Artemenko" (CU Times, Nov. 7) sure struck a chord. Gene Artemenko was truly a great man - great charm, great intellect, great presence, great passion, great purpose, great gift for life and living. A credit union legend, a persona extraordinaire - in action a wonder to...

ATLANTA - Credit union data processor Liberty FiTECH Systems has partnered with mortgage software firm Provantedge Technologies to offer an integrated mortgage origination solution. According to Provantedge, the solution can be delivered in ASP or in-house mode. It handles a mortgage loan from origination to delivery. The solution can also...

* 65 million transactions are being made by 24,000 payday loan outlets, costing 10 million American households $2.4 billion in fees this year for the two-week loans. * 19 states and two territories have laws that do not authorize payday loans, 25 states and Washington D.C. authorize payday lending, and...