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The .Bank Debate Part I
Here is the situation: F-Secure’s Mikko Hypponen has proposed that we fight phishing by creating a new Top Level Domain (TLD), called .Bank. One would have to prove that they are a legitimate financial institution to get one. Additionally, the domains would cost a substantial amount, such as $50,000, to prevent all but legitimate businesses from being able [...]
Read moreCredit Union Fee Sensationalism
In the Wheaties for you Wallet link list for yesterday I noticed something from Jesse Robbins, the prominent voice of Black Rock Federal. While I applaud Jesse for attempting to make the already public CU data more readily available (the NCUA site is not consumer friendly), it shows the top ten CU’s annual numbers from [...]
Read moreLet's go phishing
Phishing sucks. There’s very little we can do to prevent it and once it happens it can take days before the situation can be resolved. Everyone’s heard the phrase, “the best defense is a good offense”. So could we go on the offensive against phishers? And by offensive, I mean launch a brute force denial [...]
Read moreLambeth Savings & CU in Google Groups
Congrats to Lambeth Savings and CU (in the UK) for being the first credit union to use Google Groups as an outlet for speaking with members. View their Google Groups page here. As I’ve posted about previously, I believe that CU’s have an opportunity to use Google Groups not only for public communication with members, [...]
Read morePiedmont CU
I’d like to welcome Piedmont CU to the blogosphere! Looks like they started back in the beginning of March. Great to see a CU blogging!
Read moreHow blogging converstations go…
Great little blurb from MineThatData about how blogging might get discussed at an executive meeting. Sounds very CU-like to me!
Read moreUncertain Trumpets
We’ve got another CU blog joining us, Uncertain Trumpets. Devon Callan, a COO at a CU, has just started up. Good luck Devon and welcome aboard! The post about the penguins and icebergs is very descriptive of many CU’s!
Read moreConsumerist: How to Find and Join and Credit Union
Go check out the conversation at the Consumerist.
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