by Mark Taber

I heard a compelling presentation last week by Lou Heckler on how to be a leader in these tough economic times.  He was speaking before a group of bankers attending a two-week session at the Graduate School of Banking (GSB) at the University of Wisconsin.  Wind River sponsored the speaker series for the nationally acclaimed school that for 65 years has been an industry leader in providing advanced management education for financial professionals.  This school offers hands-on training for senior level managers and executives in the financial services industry and this year attracted students from more than 10 countries from around the globe.
 
Heckler's presentation, “Leadership by CHOICE”, focused on six drivers that make people and companies high performers.  Using humorous real life stories, Lou shared his insight on the Competency, High expectations, Ongoing relationships, Innovation, Clarity and Excitement needed to be a top performer these days.  Many of Lou's points align with the Wind River Promise to our Clients: To create and nurture strong client relationships by delivering industry-leading customer care; relevant high quality products and services that exceed the scope of payment processing; and business expertise that our clients can use in meaningful, profitable ways. 

You can find out more about Lou at louheckler.com.
 
Choose to be a leader when it comes helping your customers today.

By Doug Buan

Verizon Business Risk, in conjunction with the U.S. Secret Service, has just released the 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report.  This is an excellent source of information for understanding trends in computer breaches and how hackers continue to steal credit card information. 

You can download the report here.

The recently signed Financial Regulatory Reform Act is a major piece of legislation produced as a response by the Federal Government to "create a sound economic foundation to grow jobs, protect consumers, rein in Wall Street, end too big to fail, and prevent another financial crisis." This Bill will have far reaching effects on all financial services organizations, businesses and consumers.  The heavy lifting is yet to come as the rule making bodies begin the arduous process of boiling the law down to rules and regulations, including creating a new regulatory body to oversee the consumer protection. There has been much written about the potential impact to the payment processing industry, primarily focusing on interchange fees, but the ultimate rules are just predictions at this point.  

by Bonnie Kruckenberg

Wind River Financial is proud to have co-sponsored the 7th Annual Tee-Up For Nursing golf outing to raise scholarship funds for Edgewood College nursing students.

The outing was held on Monday, July 12th at Nakoma Country Club with special guest Kathy Whitworth, an 88-time LPGA champion and Hall of Fame inductee.  Nearly 90 golfers participated in this year's event, which brought the 7-year fundraising total over the half million dollar mark!

Wind River Financial has been participating in this important fundraiser since 2008, and joined Group Health Cooperative in co-sponsoring the this year's event.   The fundraising and awareness campaign are meant to call attention to the severe shortage of nurses projected in Wisconsin in the coming years.

By Doug

Wind River Financial's partner, Trustwave, will be hosting an upcoming free webinar called Understanding the PA-DSS (Payment Application Data Security Standard).  An expert will discuss what the PA-DSS is, who it applies to, and relevant deadlines for industry compliance.  Visa requires that any payment application in use must be PCI compliant.

You can register for the webinar here.

It will be held on July 20th at 1pm CDT but will also be available as a recorded session here shortly after the webinar.

In addition, you can receive direct email notice of all upcoming Trustwave webinars by registering here.