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BOCA RATON, Fla. - What credit unions don't know about the under-30 age market could hurt them. Credit union attendees at an interactive workshop entitled "Attract and Retain Young Adult Members", at the CUNA Mutual Discovery Conference here rated their youth outreach efforts so far a "C". According to Filene's...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - In what may be the start of a growing credit union trend Charlotte Metro Credit Union has named Elizabeth Ramos as its new Manager of Latino Relations. "The Spanish-speaking community has been important to our credit union for some time", said CMCU Vice President of Marketing, Deb...

WASHINGTON-The Senate gave the Check Truncation Act of 2003 (H.R. 1474) the green light when the bill passed the chamber by unanimous consent June 27. While credit unions already have the authority to truncate their checks and have done so for decades, the legislation provides for truncation more often and...

From time to time we hear, "How many corporate credit unions should there be?" In the 20-plus years that I have been involved with the credit union movement, we have seen more and more talk of consolidation within the corporate credit union network. Why is this? I would submit that...

BALTIMORE, Md. - At Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore teamwork is an action verb. Everyone from staffers and senior management to board members, literally work together both in and out of work. "It started with establishing an employee enrichment committee to organize our first employee picnic," said MECU President/CEO...

BOCA RATON, Fla. - CUNA Mutual President/CEO Mike Kitchen said he commends credit unions for opening up new lending doors through indirect lending and business lending, but he's urging credit unions to get more aggressive with all consumer loans - especially home loans. Kitchen believes not enough credit unions are...

ARLINGTON-NAFCU started 2003 off in the black, according to the organization's recently released annual report. NAFCU's operating expenses reached nearly $2.5 million in 2002, up slightly from $2.2 million the previous year. Additionally, the trade association's "changes in net assets" totaled $775,993. According to NAFCU Director of Research and Analysis...

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