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More on OpenID
I was just reading an article in Information Week talking more about OpenID and how it has been starting to catch on and is being implemented on mainstream sites, like MySpace. As quickly as they praise it, it rapidly turns around into how many sites enable the use of their OpenID, but they don’t accept [...]
Read moreCredit union system maintenance
I’m guessing the following graph is fairly typical of most FI’s. So if these were the website transaction patters of your members, when would you perform maintenance on critical, member-facing systems?
Read moreDistributed computing at CU's?
Our CU has a ratio of three employees to one server. Astronomical. Barely any of those servers get used all day long and rarely do their resources get maxed out. To me, it seems like a wonderful opportunity to use credit union resources for the better good: distributed computing projects. While there are many projects, [...]
Read moreBig banking news from Second Life
Second Life issued a statement today effectively banning in-world banking. “As of January 22, 2008, it will be prohibited to offer interest or any direct return on an investment (whether in L$ or other currency) from any object, such as an ATM, located in Second Life, without proof of an applicable government registration statement or [...]
Read moreThose with the most power win
So we’ve had some pretty exciting weather here in Oregon the past couple of days. 125 MPH gusts on the beach, 50 in the valley for Portland and Salem. I was getting ready for work this morning and caught the "live on the scene" reporting from Lincoln City, OR, a small coastal town best known [...]
Read moreMore open source news
If it is good enough for the Department of Defense, it should be good enough for CU’s, right? From Colin, the DOD is hosting an open source conference this December in DC. To quote the DoD article, they are, "Fostering collaboration and interoperability across DoD" Just cross out DoD and put in CU. The credit union [...]
Read moreSimple and Clean
Imagine if you could make a credit union web site as simple (and gorgeous) as Snooth. A real simple home banking login in the top right corner, and the massive search box in the middle. Some CU’s are using virtual assistants (like Julie at Coast Capital) and some CU’s are using voice recognition for telephone [...]
Read moreSwitching banks…
Addressing pain points for consumers is always a great way to launch a successful business and the new BankSwitcher is doing just that. BankSwitcher analyzes consumers’ checking accounts for direct deposits, automatic payments and the like to determine what exactly needs to be switched by using Wesabe’s newish free API. After determining all of the [...]
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