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MADISON, Wis. -With banker attacks on credit unions rising, a new CUNA council white paper addresses the importance of the credit union marketing response particularly in the political arena. The CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council's Integrating Political Involvement into Marketing Efforts details the process involved in clearly communicating the...

ARLINGTON, Va.-In the four years since NAFCU President and CEO Fred Becker signed on, the organization has achieved nearly all the field of membership goals that it has set out to accomplish. Four-plus years ago, field of membership restrictions were one of the reasons federal credit unions were converting to...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-When then-NCUA Chairman Roger Jepsen relocated the NCUA headquarters from Washington, D.C. in close proximity to the other financial regulators and the White House to Alexandria, Va., the move was not very popular. However, the choice has proven wise over time and a great investment. NCUA does not pay...

LAKE MARY, Fla.- ImageSoft Technologies is now Fiserv Imagesoft. The provider of imaging solutions to credit unions, banks, thrifts and more since 1989 said it changed its name to more clearly identify it as part of an integrated parent company, Fiserv Inc. "Our new name better reflects who we are...

LOS ANGELES-Eileen Rivera began her time in credit unions as a teller at Xerox Federal Credit Union while she was still in college, but never realized she would make a career in the financial cooperatives. "You never dream you're going to be in credit unions 24 years later," the president...

Mike Welch's June 23 column regarding succession planning is excellent. I often say that people who `ballyhoo' the common-sense topics in our industry are either pushing an agenda or want to sell you their `new and improved' version. This subject is one in a long line of them (e.g., fee...

WASHINGTON-One Alaskan bank has initiated a contest recently to get their employees more involved in the banks' opposition to the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act (H.R. 3579). First National Bank is holding drawings for airline miles, jackets, and restaurant gift certificates to get employees to write their members of Congress...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - If everything goes according to plan, one evening in October the $161 million Sunshine State Credit Union will close its doors as a credit union and re-open them the next day as Sunshine State Bank. "I think that is the time frame I have in the back...