Website Hacking on the Rise

Think the information on your website is safe because its stored on a MySQL database?  Think again ... .  In January of 2007, the retail giant revealed that the credit and debit card information of 40 million customers had been stolen.  SEFCU, a federal credit union, suffered a similar fate, publishing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 10:00:56

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'One more sad cry in a horrible storm'

From the Sacramento Bee:Sacramento's economy stands to lose around $1 billion over the next 18 months because of layoffs and unpaid furloughs imposed on state workers by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger..."The purchasing power of the state worker in Sacramento is huge," said Teresa Halleck, president of the Golden 1 Credit Union. "The last thing any [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:25:00

Candidates Singing Own Praises Fall Flat

By SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN Last summer, Lisa Harrell interviewed a candidate for a director job who offered a list of impressive accomplishments ... executives recently refused to consider job opportunities at small community banks and credit unions. “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:06:57

Credit Repair Help - Here’s How To Start Right Now!

by Mark Alison People are in debt. Living in this world with bad credit can be difficult ... coffees. We need to then know what’s in your credit report. There are three credit card companies, Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union. There are many places to go that will get you a report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 11:03:01

The Evening News [11.07.08]

Get out of your feed reader and comment on this post- we PROMISE that the ShamWow guy won\'t pop out when you do... Check out all of the goodies happening in the news today (just click on each image to get the full story)! It was a busy day ranging from the establishment of a Realtor Credit Union, housing fears [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 00:03:24

Headline News - January 14, 2009

Wall St. Journal: Bank of America to Get Billions in U.S ... Services Acquires Private Label Credit Card Program of Canadian Luxury Jeweler Birks Bank Systems ... AIte Group Report: U.S. Credit Unions: Seize the Opportunity Note: Throughout the day, as Payments [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:26:41

How To Purchase A Used Car

How To Purchase A Used Car 14 January 2009 Buying a used car is a bit trickier than buying a new car although you can follow most of the same ... of information online. Check the car manufacturers web site, consumer reports and the edmunds.com. ... or to your credit union before you go shopping and see how much money they’ll be able to lend [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 10:12:37

Monitoring your brand health - part one.

I have been wanting to tackle this idea again for a little while now, and recently a few thoughts have come together into this two-part blog post ... at the Washington Credit Union League annual convention in Spokane in 2007. Almost a year ago I addressed it again [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:08:19

The constant stream of Ultraseek redirects to malware

I’ve been tracking a steadily increasing amount of redirects, often from legitimate .gov, .edu or major corporations ... that the Coca Cola Credit Union is currently redirecting to malware.  An example string is as follows: http://search.creditunion.coca-cola.com/creditunion/cs.html?url=//marker2009 com%2Fin.php%3F%26n [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:07:56

The Real Sarah Palin

No one in the Corporate Media knows Sarah Palin, so their "vetting" ... to nowhere." Here is a thorough report from a Wasilla neighbor who has watched Palin's rise to power ... out there" and if they prove to be popular, then she takes credit. Her husband works a union job on the North [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 18:50:04

Center For Responsible Lending Burning, Payday Loans Unscathed

The CRL is burning… With each passing day, payday loans become more popular with consumers in need of a temporary cash bump ... higher. Witness this recent story from the Credit Union Times‘ David Morrison. He reports in “Sandler Mortgage Lending Controversy ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:12:37

Rising Default Risk In Pro-Forma Commercial Loans

The bond market is reeling from rising default risk in Pro-Forma Commercial Mortgages ... to Standard & Poor’s. In southern California, the owner of the Promenade Shops at Dos Lagos missed two ... Federal Credit Union in New York. “They were underwritten with outlandish expectations on rents [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 03:34:00

What You Should (and Shouldn’t) Put in a Safe Deposit Box

Where do you keep your birth certificate? Passport? ... and credit unions offer the service, and may even give discounts to existing customers, so start ... while you are alive. The annual cost will typically range anywhere from $30 to $75 and you should also [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 22:38:10

New Year, New Budget, New Goals

At the prompting of EverythingCU member Mike Anderson, I decided to do a little slicing and dicing of the EverythingCU Marketing Budget Report to find ... has been very flat. Credit unions are spending decent amounts of money on marketing. Thus, we’re spending a LOT [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 02:45:23

Online Banking: How’d We Do Without It?

Online banking is wonderful ... was a rarity. It seems ubiquitous now. My first account was at our local credit union and they were ahead of the curve in offering banking online services. You could check your balance online, transfer [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 10:36:32

10 Credit Card Company Tricks To Beware [Credit Cards]

Are you smarter than a credit card company? They've got billions riding on their belief that you're not. Check out these 10 methods, via the Americans for Fairness in Lending, credit card companies use ... Union fee, and whatever else your lender can devise. Not to mention monthly and annual fees [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 17:25:57

Am i a Grandpa if i get my nephew a Savings Bond?

Cuz i gotta tell you, it sure feels like it ;) I don't know about you all, but that's alllll i got growing up from the g-parents! ... credit union still does them! Filled out the form and good to go now) You can buy one for ANY amount [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:12:32

Credit Repair Help - It’s Not As Hard As You Think!

by Mark Alison It’s hard to live with bad credit. You need credit to lease a house or car ... . We need to then know what’s in your credit report. There are three credit card companies, Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union. There are many places to go that will get you a report from all three [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 23:24:12

Operation HOPE Founder and U.S. President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy Vice Chairman John Hope Bryant Issues Public Statement Commending HUD Action to Simplify HUD Mortgage "Good Faith Estimate"

Bryant Is Also Chairman of the President's Council Committee on the Under-Served LOS ANGELES, CA--( ... agencies, non-profit organizations, academics, foundations and private sector bankers and credit union executives, was a Committee-approved report which outlined several "make sense" recommendations [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 02:09:20

Concord Cop Handgun Discharge, or the Case of the Dr. Strangelove Trigger Finger

Dr. Strangelove was a movie character whose right arm had a mind of its own ... an impromptu training session for his crew in an unsecured credit union building that was under ... Attorney General's Report, the sergeant had his trigger finger on the rail of the gun outside the trigger [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:53:38

MICROCAPITAL STORY: Bill and Melinda Gates Provide US$700,000 to Microcredit Summit Campaign’s “Movement Above US$1 Per Day Threshold” Project

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated USD 700 thousand in the form of a grant to the Microcredit Summit Campaign’s (MSC) ... Campaign Report, starting in 2010. Partner MFIs: Association of the Asian Confederation of Credit Unions ... to form expert panels who will develop credible methodologies for determining the number of microfinance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:43:08

Vancity Wins Green Company of the Year!

      The Canadian Investment Awards, Canada’s premier awards program, ... , today announced that Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancity) is the inaugural winner ... ,” said Sabine Steinbrecher, President, Canadian Investment Awards Inc. “They set both targets [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 19:57:54

Five Ways To Make Any Financial Resolution A Success (Guest Post From J.D. Roth)

This guest post is from one of Wesabe’s new Advisory Board members, J.D. Roth, who writes about smart personal finance at Get Rich Slowly ... or credit union. Check out this huge list of rewards checking accounts by state for rates as high [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:07:44

Forrester’s 2008 Customer Experience Rankings December 15, 2008

Posted by Bruce Temkin in Customer Experience Index, Customer experience ... , Cigna, Citibank, Comcast, Costco, credit unions, Hampton Inn, Medicaid, Sprint, SunTrust Bank, Time ... 12 industries: Airlines, Banks, Credit Card Providers, Health Plans, Hotels, Insurance Firms [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 13:57:20

And, in other news ...

I posted a few weeks ago that I decided to refinance my house. Last week, I received the unfortunate news that the refinance with my credit union wasn't going ... tax assessment.$33,000!! When combining the outstanding balance of my first mortgage and the home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 02:48:00

UBS, Credit Suisse: Swiss Bank Shorts Worth 30%

Vikram Pandit is not the only bank CEO who is trying desperately to find that tricky balance between contraction and shareholder value; across the Atlantic, Europe’s banking giants also know that they must dismantle the financial-supermarket model. Shares of Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), Credit Suisse (CS) and Deutsche Bank (DB [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:18:17

Alert from FDIC — Beware of Fedwire Phishing Scheme

Fraudulent e-mails claiming to be from the Federal Reserve Bank that warn of a phishing attack on the Fedwire system are reportedly in circulation ... phishing attack started and has been still lasting. A great number of banks and credit unions is affected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:06:42

13 Best Practices For Client Presentations

For the marketing consultants, and the people who work with consultants, this one is for you ... of Atlanta, Martin Luther King Historic Site, Georgia Family Credit Union Project, Park Pride, MUST [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 04:43:33

How To Pick the Best Online Savings Accounts

With the Fed dropping the federal funds rate like it’s going out of style, the interest rates of many online banks have begun dropping as well ... insured (or credit union that was NCUA insured), but I suppose there may be some out there. If it’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 16:36:42

SPAMfighter News - 4 new articles

Here are the latest updates for raplist.antispamsite@blogger ... Obama's account, phishers dispatched e-mails touting a gas card, obtainable for free. These e-mails ... to HackPhishing E-mail Using Mobil Oil FCU Name Targeting Unsuspecting ConsumersMaine Credit Union League, Target [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 10:24:00

Governor Strickland announces more appointments:

This in from the office of Governor Ted Strickland via email, names of the two from the Toledo area are in bold: ... development from 2002-2006. Roth also serves as treasurer for Akron Municipal Employees Credit Union [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 17:42:26

Step by Step: The Car Buying Checklist

Many people feel that they know how to buy a car from a dealer ... cars, get an idea from your bank, leasing company, credit union, or third party finance provider ... to find "Used Cars New Hampshire" or "Longview Texas [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 21:19:00

NEWS WIRE: Investing for Social Impact Lures Investors

Source: Investment News. Original news wire here. Community and proactive investing refers to ... in similar problems in rural areas. In some areas, local community banks, credit unions and loan [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 05:01:42

How to Maintain Good Credit

Good credit is sometimes difficult to achieve. Even when it is achieved often times it's hard to keep your credit score in a decent range ... companies can report you to the credit bureau if you are over 30 days late on your payments ... ) Experian (888-397-3742) Trans Union (800-888-4213)  Maintaining good credit will help [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 05:03:08

Finding Attractive Interest Rates in a Low-Yield Environment

How to Make Money When Interest Rates Are Low Interest rates across the board remain low, ... are what make them so attractive. Whether it’s through your local bank or credit union branch, or via [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:22:40

When Borrowing Is A Good Thing (Part 2)

When Borrowing Is A Good Thing (Part 2) I posted recently my analysis of the pay cash vs ... % APY--not even close. Furthermore, my credit union has a minimum $500 balance to get CD rates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 22:25:15

IATSE's Tom Short redraws illustrators and designers

The long arm of Tom Short continues to reach its way across the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, ... run deep between illustrators and set designers, and the art directors to whom they report. All three ... , illustrators have complained about art directors taking credit for their work and hiring non-union [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 02:21:51

FINANCIAL AGENCIES: U.S.

October 2, 2008 at 3:48 am | In Economics, Financial, Research, ... Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Office [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 03:48:24

Tourism - fresh news by plazoo.com

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Date: 2009-01-14 04:41:00

CNN Ordered to Rehire 110 Workers Fired for Belonging to a Union

CNN Ordered to Rehire 110 Workers Fired for Belonging to a Union Digg by James Parks, Nov 24, 2008 Photo credit: NABET-CWA Local 13 ... of more than 250 employees at the network’s bureaus in Washington, D.C., and New York City when it ended ... . He also ruled that CNN discriminated against TVS employees who wanted to continue working at CNN’s bure [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 22:39:22

Card Check: What Do We Know Really Know?

We’ve got a round-up of latest news and commentary on the anti-democratic Employee Free Choice Act over at the Point of Law blog, ... struggling to survive and the credit markets tightening, passing this bill does not guarantee widespread unionized employment or wage increases. And to the headline question, “What do we really know?” [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 23:29:28

Words Have Actual Meanings.

I found a piece in my favorite weekly column that addresses two of my big button-pushing cultural issues: ... caused credit and investment markets across the United States and European Union to seize up, which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 19:31:00

Fine. Bail Out GM, Ford etc. But . . .

Fine. Bail Out GM, Ford etc. But . . . by Steven D Sun Aug 24th, 2008 at 10:21: ... fortunes of Detroit's automakers and tightening credit markets. "The amount of concern and urgency ... Auto Workers union. But before you write them a check for these monies, place a few conditions on any [more...]

Date: 2008-08-24 17:20:19

Dandelion Salad By Paul Craig Roberts 10/06/08 “ICH” America has become a pretty discouraging place ... , social programs, and national debt reduction.  However, without the Soviet Union as a check ... office. It was in 2000 that derivatives and credit default swaps were excluded from regulation [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 02:29:39

How Understand Employment and Income Benefits

Good financial management is how to make the best use of your limited income, ... by provincial or State employment standards/legislation. b) It is a collective agreement between union ... from your earnings by your employer c) You receive a tax credit of 25% of the premiums you pay d) Self [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 10:03:51

Three From Atlantic Yards Report

Atlantic Yards Report With $5B in NYC development on hold or dead, could union accord with contractors jump-start projects? ... -commercial banker: Don't bail out America's "credit-drunk" commercial landlords and real-estate bankers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 14:53:11

Q. What Does "UBS" Stand For?

A. For American Clients, U Be Screwed! The announcement yesterday, by what was once known as Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) ... our founding more than a decade ago -- "Don't bank with UBS or Credit Suisse" -- the two monster ... Warning Based on our long experience, we always have recommended against UBS and Credit Suisse [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:18:00

Bad news for fans of CCX system

The state of play in the USA is hard to say... when it comes to soil C sequestration.The conversations we had with the major American aggregators (Iowa Farm Bureau, North Dakota Farmers Union, National Carbon Offset Coalition) in November ... to assess the environmental benefits of agriculture and determine their value for carbon credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 12:10:00

Bing ads to warn of online scams

Microsoft on Tuesday began serving up scam warnings with Bing search results for topics such as fixing credit scores or rescue from home foreclosure that are prime material for online cons.Microsoft worked with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Postal Inspection Service, and Western Union to provide public service announcements (PSAs) in the form of advertising posted on relevant Bing results pages.“We believe this program can help fight back against scams by reminding consumers to exercise [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 05:21:31

Bing Ads Warn About Online Scams

If you’re looking for information on how to fix your credit score through Microsoft’s search engine Bing , you might get warned that many of the links you’ll encounter are, in fact, scams. It’s a new campaign devised to protect users from getting scammed; Microsoft worked with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Postal Inspection Service, and Western Union to provide public service announcements (PSAs) in the form of ads on Bing results pages. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 09:11:02

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