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On-Site Coverage: Christensen to Credit Unions: Quit Pointing Fingers

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Credit unions need to buck up and take responsibility for their financial issues, according to Brett Christensen, owner of CU Lending Advice, LLC.

By Sarah Snell Cooke | Updated on March 22, 2010

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Credit unions need to buck up and take responsibility for their financial issues, according to Brett Christensen, owner of CU Lending Advice, LLC.

Credit unions should change their thinking that the economy is causing all their headaches and look inside their own shops for the causes of their problems, he said. According to Christensen, credit unions are overly addicted to courtesy pay fee income. A better way of making money off members is relationship pricing based on member product usage.

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On-Site Coverage: Christensen to Credit Unions: Quit Pointing Fingers

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Credit unions need to buck up and take responsibility for their financial issues, according to Brett Christensen, owner of CU Lending Advice, LLC.

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