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Credit Union Members spend 15 percent more in 2011 Holiday Season
By admin at February 7, 2012 | 5:03 pm | 0 Comment
Year-End Purchase Activity Among Credit Union Members Shows Robust Growth, According to Study by CO-OP Financial Services and Saylent Technologies Staff Report Shoppers who belong to credit unions spent 15 percent more and made 15 percent more transactions during the peak holiday shopping season in 2011 than in 2010, according to an analysis by CO-OP Financial more...
A Call to Serve – Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s Words
By admin at February 7, 2012 | 4:59 pm | 0 Comment
Credit unions that deliver exceptional rates, customer service and ease-of-use applications will have the unique opportunity to grow exponentially and should the heed the call of their members, so senior executives really need to listen to them. By W.B. King I can’t recall whether it was the convenience of his last name or the intriguing cover art, but the first more...
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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...
Is Your Credit Union Ready?
By admin at February 1, 2012 | 9:46 pm | 0 Comment
Rates Are Low in Today’s Post-Crisis Environment, But They Will Rise Again. By Emily Hollis It’s 2012, and another year has passed. If we turn back time to 2006, who would have guessed that events resulting in losses of such great magnitude would have occurred in our industry over the past couple of years? Because of this, the NCUA appears to be receiving pressure more...
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The Top 5 Campaigns You’re Not Doing (and why you should start doing them)
By admin at January 9, 2012 | 4:40 pm | 0 Comment
By Tony Rizzo It’s the end of the year. You’re busy strategizing for 2012. Where should you start? What should you focus on? And what kind of results can you expect? Let me make it simple for you. There are five campaigns that will bring in new accounts and reduce attrition. Chances are you’re not doing any of them right now. You really should be doing all 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...
Confidence – How to Have It and Increase It
By admin at January 9, 2012 | 3:39 pm | 0 Comment
Here are 10 tips to help you gain and keep self-assuredness. By Holly Herman Confidence comes from inside. It hangs out between your ears. That’s the great news: you can learn to have it, increase it and friend your confidence whenever you need to. Here are some tips. Tip 1: You’re not alone. If you’re feeling scared or uncomfortable in a situation, so more...
Now Is The Time
By admin at November 14, 2011 | 4:41 pm | 0 Comment
Four Strategies to Maximize revenue and build Market Share By Tony Rizzo There are two words that have received more press in the past 90 days than in the past two years: credit union. With Bank of America charging a $5 debit card fee, the Occupy Wall Street protests decrying big-banks and even Senator Raichard Durbin advising Americans to “find yourself a ... more...
Chicago Patrolmen’s Resolve to Serve
By admin at November 14, 2011 | 4:27 pm | 0 Comment
By Sharon Sweda There is but one, single, full-service financial institution in the nation’s third largest city that is solely dedicated to servicing the Chicago Police Department and its families. Chicago Patrolmen’s Federal Credit Union is committed to three objectives and much more as there is no gray area in law enforcement–the credit union adheres to more...
Cummins-Allison Announces New Check-image Capture Capability
By admin at October 22, 2011 | 9:00 am | 0 Comment
Cummins-Allison, an innovator and provider of currency and coin-handling solutions, announces a check-image capture using the same device that also processes currency. The JetScan iFX™ i100 is a two-in-one device that brings significant efficiencies to businesses that process both checks and currency. The JetScan iFX i100 captures full, industry-standard, more...
