Archive for February, 2010
High-level U.S. Treasury officials, including Secretary Timothy Geithner, met with CUNA Thursday to discuss significant issues facing credit unions, including raising the statutory cap on credit union member business lending and permitting access to secondary capital for credit unions.
National Credit Union Administration Chairman Debbie Matz earlier this week said that the NCUA would “promptly revise” its regulations if legislative changes that increase or eliminate the current member business lending cap of 12.25% of a credit unions assets were written into law.
St. Mary’s Bank CU President/CEO Ronald Covey today will testify on behalf of CUNA before both the House Financial Services Committee and Small Business Committee as they discuss the condition of small business and commercial real estate lending.
Maine credit unions help to play a “pivotal role in being the economic anchor of their communities,” said Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), during a congressional breakfast sponsored by the Maine Credit Union League Tuesday on Capitol Hill.
CUNA’s final day of its 2010 Governmental Affairs Conference featured two congressmen who noted credit unions’ work to keep the economy moving forward, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.).
Some employees at credit unions who used to work for banks say their work experience is significantly different when their clients are not just customers but also owners, according to a publication for bankers.
Sunday’s H&FF Radio program covers what consumers and members need to know about credit unions, how the American Opportunity Credit can cut college costs, and what happens to the personal information online companies collect.
CUNA CPDOnline, an online credit union training service, has been chosen to provide the Jamaican credit union movement with training services.
Websense Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has detected that the black hat Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques are abusing the name of an Olympic figure skater who is very popular in recent news.
Joannie Rochette is a Canadian figure skater and the 2009 world silver medallist. In the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, despite the loss of her mother just 48 hours before her competition, she delivered a sensational performance and qualified to compete for gold.
The bad guys still took advantage of this tragic incident and used it in the infamous Black SEO poisoning attacks. Searching for Joannie Rochette in reputable search engines leads to rogue AV.
This use of the Black SEO technique is even more pertinent now that the results have been announced, with Rochette receiving a bronze medal for her performance.
Once the victim clicks on the poisoned search results, he/she is redirected to the rogue AV page, and a fake Anti-virus executable asks for the victim’s confirmation before being downloaded.
This isn’t the first time Black SEO attacks target events and figures related to the olympics this year.
Websense® Messaging and Websense Web Security customers are protected against this attack.