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Increase your productivity; it’s easier than you think!
By admin at February 7, 2012 | 4:45 pm | 0 Comment
By Holly Herman I read a scary statistic the other day. An office worker is productive, working on a task, activity or project, on average one-and-a-half hours per eight-hour workday. The rest of the time is spent on email, phone calls, meetings, chatting, looking for files, surfing the net, staring into space, going to the restroom, you name it. Increasing your more...
Mobile Migration – Building Smartphone Services Into Your Credit Union
By admin at January 9, 2012 | 4:14 pm | 0 Comment
To move into mobile services, for banks and credit unions of any size, a secure platform and smart, well-educated users are essential. By Ondrej Krehel With more than 82 million Americans now carrying smartphones, it’s no surprise that credit unions of all sizes are aggressively moving into mobile banking. Accessing accounts, paying bills and moving money from more...
2012 – The Year of the Credit Union
By admin at January 9, 2012 | 4:07 pm | 0 Comment
The industry forecast for the future looks good. By W.B. King By the time this column is read, the collective holiday hangover will have (hopefully) eased and respective thoughts on the New Year will once again emerge. Putting aside the Mayan calendar and all the forecasted doom and gloom associated with 2012, the credit union industry has reason to bang the drum more...
The Main Street Opportunity How Technology is Changing Small Business Lending
By admin at January 9, 2012 | 3:57 pm | 0 Comment
By Mitch Jacobs Does this story sound at all familiar to you? A local Main Street business, an auto repair shop, restaurant, or local retailer contacts the credit union and expresses an interest in financing for marketing, renovation or remodeling, to purchase new equipment or to better handle some challenge confronting their business. Whether you know the business more...
The Most Profitable Product for CUs – ‘Yes, Virginia, we do have Credit Cards’
By admin at January 9, 2012 | 3:44 pm | 0 Comment
Stop treating your credit card program as a redheaded stepchild organizational structure and program visibility. By Ondine Irving If you haven’t heard by now, credit cards are the most profitable product a credit union can offer. In 2010, when credit unions had a prime opportunity to capitalize on the games banks were playing with their cardholders to counteract more...
TMG and CO-OP Financial Services Form Strategic Partnership
By admin at January 6, 2012 | 3:20 am | 0 Comment
Agreement Enables Companies to Deliver Largest Array of Payment Solutions for Credit Unions DES MOINES, Iowa, and RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., (January 5, 2012) – The Members Group (TMG) and CO-OP Financial Services announced they have formed a strategic partnership to combine strengths and deliver the largest array of cutting-edge payment solutions for credit more...
AUSTIN TELCO, LANDMARK AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT NAMED BEST CREDIT UNION BRANDS
By admin at December 6, 2011 | 9:13 pm | 0 Comment
Contact: Laura Levie FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phone: (205) 252-6671 E-mail: laura@bancography.com Date: December 6, 2011 Bancography ranks financial institution brands in its 2011 Bancography Brand Value Index Reflecting the stability of the credit union sector, 19 of 2010’s top 25 large institutions retain their top-25 status in the 2011 more...
‘Enjoy the Ride’
By admin at November 12, 2011 | 3:51 pm | 0 Comment
4 Tips for recession Investing The savvy businessperson knows how to use the situation to their advantage. By Clinton Douglas IV We never outgrow cotton candy. However, for most of us, extreme roller coaster rides lose their thrill and appeal around age 18. We may not want to go back to the kiddie coaster, but unexpected upward jolts and never-ending falls can more...
Unintended Consequences, NCUA’s CUSO Regulation, and Safety and Soundness.
By admin at October 12, 2011 | 3:04 pm | 0 Comment
A Strange Parallel Between Dodd-Frank and Proposed New Regs By James H. Park A little more than one year ago, the Dodd-Frank Act was passed to reform our financial system, avoid a future meltdown of our economy, and provide safety and soundness for consumers. Primarily aimed at the “Reckless Wall-Streeters,” ”Greedy Bankers” and “Unscrupulous Real Estate more...
Are Your Cardholders About to Bust Out?
By admin at September 28, 2011 | 6:07 pm | 0 Comment
Tips on spotting, preventing and recovering from ‘bust-out’ card fraud By Karen Postma - TMG Senior Cards Risk Manager A form of first-party fraud also known as “sleeper fraud,” bust-out fraud is breaking out in a major way. High unemployment and tightening credit criteria have served only to exasperate the problem, which has been increasing over the past more...
