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Bankers are so concerned with making sure everything is perfectly ready for Y2K that holds have been put on the thoughts of any system upgrades, conversions, purchases of new or advanced technology

During this nationwide guessing game we're all playing leading up to the Year 2000, many of us in the banking industry are looking for input from numbers being gathered from a variety of sources.

Everybody agrees that the Y2K "bug" - which some are beginning to describe not as the potential computer problems themselves, but rather the hype that surrounds the approaching millennium - is a pe

his from a Visa credit card holder who said she received a call from someone purporting to be from "Visa Bank Security." They were calling to assure her that Visa was making sure all their cards we

Reports to a House Banking Committee on how financial institutions are communicating their readiness for Y2K revealed that some are setting their clocks and computers to January 1 and inviting cust

The American Bankers Association has two videotapes addressing Y2K, available to both ABA members and others.

The Chattanooga Police Department was one of the first to report several banks saying that customers had received phone calls from individuals claiming to be bank employees.

The Gartner Group, a consulting firm on Y2K issues says that the United States is not the problem. Our systems and corporations lead the world in planning and preparedness for the Y2K issue.

The results of the Gallup Poll that was taken at the request of FDIC, OCC, OTS and Fed are in - and the banking industry is looking good!

The TransAlliance LP ATM company was ordered in early June to provide proof by June 30 that it is Y2K compliant, or there was a possibility of canceled contracts by the 750 western and midwestern b