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PARIS - Laughter echoed through the dining room of the Meridien Hotel in Montparnasse when writer, British television personality and cricket wife Francis Edmonds gave a motivational speech. She cited credit unions as doing great work, helping people to help themselves, but she also drove home some core values. Edmonds...

SAN ANTONIO - Clarke American has earned TruSecure's seal of approval. The TruSecure certification means Clarke American's Net services were put through extensive security testing, including port scans and penetration testing. Clarke American offers an online check re-order service used by a number of credit unions. "Our TruSecure certification assists...

WEST PALM BEACH - This year, the big summer slashes have been job cuts. Union Planters Corp. has announced it's cutting an unspecified number of jobs and American Express will also be eliminating up to 5,000 jobs this quarter. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is projecting that job cuts would...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Bob Dorsa, president of Dorsa & Associates Inc. and president of NACUSO by management contract since the late 1990's, will become a salaried NACUSO employee starting October 1. Dorsa was one of the founding directors of NACUSO. He was appointed the association's first president in 1997....

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - TCUL Lending Services used to offer its auto loan recapture program by accessing the Department of Motor Vehicle's database to find out which members financed auto loans from a source other than a credit union. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act put an end to that practice. Now TCUL...

A new association business structure has emerged that could potentially challenge the traditional thinking about credit union system organizations. For some, our success might point out credit union needs that have gone unfulfilled by the existing structure. It seems long-time credit union luminary and Credit Union Times publisher Mike Welch's...

SALT LAKE CITY - On the job for the Utah League of Credit Unions for less than two months, Pete Suazo, a leading Utah legislator and called "the most prominent Latino in the state," was killed in a tragic all terrain-vehicle accident August 19. The 50-year-old Suazo, a state senator...

There are many reasons why e-mail marketing can be an effective channel for credit union marketers. Some of the benefits include: reduced cost (as low as pennies per message); the ability to target by segment; the ability to quickly test, measure and modify campaigns; and real-time response (e-mail programs generate...