Credit Union

Building Better Credit Unions
$23.95
In the UK, there is increasing acceptance that credit unions have a potentially important role to play in the provision of affordable credit to all sections of society, including those facing financial exclusion. Against this backdrop, this study seeks to identify current patterns of credit union development, quantify the performance of credit unions and isolate those factors which make some credit unions more successful than others. The study considers the financial profile of the UK credit union movement, examining the relative performance of credit unions for the UK both as a whole and separately for Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. It also uses case studies to explore key trends within the sector, including consideration of recently established 'fast growth' credit unions, which have received significant levels of support from their local authorities, as well as a number of merging credit unions. "Building Better Credit Unions": provides descriptive statistics that contextualise the UK credit union movement; outlines the differences in the profile of credit union penetration within the main UK regions; considers recent legislative amendments; investigates why some credit unions perform much better than others; and identifies a series of policy recommendations needed to strengthen the sector. This report will be invaluable to the management and board of individual credit unions, decision makers in the various credit union trade associations, the credit union regulator and policy makers in the arena of financial inclusion in central and local government.

N CRESTONE CREDIT UNION
$13.99
"This is an N Scale Plastic Structure Kit of the Crestone Credit Union to Create Realistic Model Layouts by Design Preservation Models. FEATURES: Extraordinary detail and realism! American architecture in miniature. The Crestone Credit Union is an example of American commercial Victorian architecture and is typical of the ""rock solid"" image projected by banks of the era. This beautiful and fanciful building style dominated building design during the latter half of the 19th century. Plastic wall sections are molded in one color. This building is a composite of typical period architectural details. White styrene sheet is used for the roofs. Clear styrene ""glazing"" sheets are used for window openings. Create life-like cities

Zero Day Threat: The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity
$19.95
“If you bank or manage your stocks online, you have to read this book. Cyberspace is making all sorts of things possible. Unfortunately, among them are fraud, theft, and espionage—all of which can directly impact you.”--Richard Clarke, noted counterterrorism expert and bestselling author of Against All Enemies
A white-collar true-crime story, Zero Day Threat is a powerful investigative expose on bank and lending policies that actually facilitate ID theft and fraud. USA Today reporters Acohido and Swartz reveal the many ways that established corporations and technology giants (including Bank of America, Microsoft, and Google) have fixated on the Internet to maximize their profits, heedless of increased risks to customers. While examining the exploding range of hidden Internet hazards, they reveal the ways in which cyber crooks nab identity data--such as Dumpster diving for bountiful paper trash that offers account user names, passwords and Social Security numbers--and then exploit that information through channels opened up by careless corporate policies.
Using real-life examples of those who have endured the nightmare of a stolen identity, Zero Day Threat organizes its narrative around three central archetypes: The Exploiters: The drug addicts, scam artists, and crime lords who carry out the gritty aspects of data theft and financial fraud; The Enablers: The credit card companies, banks, and credit bureaus who broker data; The Expediters: The technology experts running the gamut from good guys like Bill Gates to the devious virus writers and database hackers always on the alert for fresh flaws.Intended not merely to alarm, but to illuminate, Zero Day Threat exposes how lawbreakers do their dirty work, and how corporations help them do it.

Four Floors Up
$24.98
Screamin' Stevie and the Credit Union are a rocking new combo kicking around the local Brisbane dives. Featuring Screamin' Stevie Zillman on Singin', Organ and Harmonica, formerly from Brisbane/Melbourne garagey frat-rock stalwarts, The Hekawis! This album covers everything from wild women to bad acid and all the paranoias associated with the two. This is organ drivin' madness at its best