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The Quarterly Report: 4Q 2009
Credit unions ended 2009 with record share growth and loan originations, positioning the industry for success heading into 2010, even as other lenders return to the market.
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Tags :   Lending , Financial Performance , Capital , Members , Shares
3 Reasons to Feed your Green Machine
Nutmeg State leverages e-statement platform to go green and save green.
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Tags :   Delivery Channels , Operating Expense , eStatements
5 Ideas Your Credit Union Can Take to the …. Bank
Just a few short years ago, the buzz was all about "going green." Then the bottom fell out of the economy, and everyone's focus shifted to "saving green."
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Tags :   Auto , Delivery Channels , Strategy , Email , Remote Deposit , Branching , Values
Executive Compensation and the Economy
Compensation increases among credit union executives reflect changes in the economy.
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Tags :   Strategy , HR , Salary
Are Operating Expense Up or Down? Making Sense of Changes in Operating Expenses
The accounting difficulties of the NCUSIF stabilization expenses complicate how to determine the extent of credit union cost cutting in the face of the financial meltdown.
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Tags :   Financial Performance , Operating Expense
Stay the Course with Some Improvement Tweaks
Erie Federal Credit Union plans to use its healthy capital base for improvement rather than recovery in 2010.
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Tags :   Financial Performance , Indirect , Branching
CA/NV Leagues, CUs Embrace, Build on Cherry Blossom Run’s Many Benefits
From coast to coast, credit unions are committing time, energy and resources to support a good cause.
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Tags :   Strategy , Members , PR
Too Big To Do Anything BUT Fail!
3/10/2010
It seems that personalized service is the first thing a consumer has to trade in order to get any of the "benefits" touted by the market monarchs.
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Want to Attract Young Adults? Start by Easing Their Fears...
3/10/2010
A recent poll by Harvard's Institute of Politics found that young adults are worried about meeting their most basic needs.
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Fillibusted: S.B.A. Loans Guaranteed
3/5/2010
The extension of S.B.A. Loan Guarantees gives further incentive for credit unions to prove their worth.
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
3/5/2010
A glimpse at the cheer worthy, jeer worthy, and tear worthy stories for the week of March 1, 2010.
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What We Can Learn from Voodoo….Doughnuts
3/4/2010
In a highly commoditized marketplace, how can your credit union make products remarkable?
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Wearing Your Heart on Your Sleeve (and Backing It Up with Your Wallet)
3/4/2010
I can take a look back at photos of myself in yearbooks and on Facebook and identify the causes that were rousing the rabble.
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eBrief: Kermit Was Wrong
When industry market giants start to wave the banner on any initiative, there are only two conclusions.
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Tags :   Strategy
eBrief: 4 Reasons to Offer PFM
Helping members better manage their finances increases the credit union’s bottom line in more ways than one.
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Tags :   Internet Strategies , Delivery Channels , PFM , Online
6 Degrees of SEG Relationships
Check off these six degrees of SEG relationships to assure you aren’t six degrees away from your potential members!
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Tags :   Marketing , Growth , Efficiency , SEG , Members
Staying In Front of Mortgage Trends
In many ways, 2010 is going to be a dramatically different year. The recession which lasted throughout the first half presented a unique set of challenges for mortgage lenders, but this year’s hangover may yet produce a more complicated collection of conditions in which credit unions must compete.
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Tags :   Mortgage , Lending , 1st
Credit Unions’ Potential & Actual Membership Continues to Grow while Penetration Rate Declines to 6.8%
Nationally, 12-month membership growth increased 1.9% through the third quarter of 2009 as consumers turned back toward local financial institutions and focused on saving. Additionally over the past 10 years, many credit unions have expanded their field of membership significantly, 1,900 by more than 200%.
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Tags :   Strategy , Demographics , Growth , Members
Accounting for Troubled-Debt Restructures: A Crash Course
In the waning days of 2009, the evidence is mounting that loan losses in credit unions have reached historic levels, and have contributed significantly to earnings degradation and capital erosion. Whether your credit union is in the sand states or just feeling the general effects of this severe recession, most likely you have regulators and auditors demanding ever-increasing adjustments to the Allowance for Loan Losses (ALL).
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Tags :   Financial Performance
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Are the Largest 10 Credit Unions a Good Barometer for the Industry?
How does the performance of the largest 10 credit unions stack up against the overall industry?
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Tags :   Lending , Financial Performance , Loans , Growth , Delinquency , Members , Shares , Leaders , First Look
Who Regulates the Regulator?
NCUA seems not only at cross purposes with credit unions, but completely out of touch with the dominant priorities of the Administration.
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Tags :   Strategy , Regulation , NCUA
If a Member Comments via Social Media and Your CU is not Around to Hear It….
The sheer ability of these social media phenomenon to make their way into mainstream media coverage is enough for many credit union execs to swear off social media campaigns forever.
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Tags :   Marketing , HR , Web 2.0 , PR
3 Things Every Credit Union NEEDS to do to Influence Legislators
To help credit unions make the most of their time in front of lawmakers – both national and local – we’re providing a three-pronged attack for political persuasion, as well as a 60-page resource of articles and insight from Chip Filson.
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Tags :   Strategy , Regulation , NCUA
3 Ways to Bolster Your SEG Relationships
Leveraging SEG relationships is a cost-effective way to focus your marketing energy and dollars.
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Tags :   Marketing , Growth , SEG , Relationship Based Pricing

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Who Regulates the Regulator?
NCUA seems not only at cross purposes with credit unions, but completely out of touch with the dominant priorities of the Administration.
1335 Reads - Avg.Rating - Comments (11)
Tags :   Strategy , Regulation , NCUA
3 Ways to Bolster Your SEG Relationships
Leveraging SEG relationships is a cost-effective way to focus your marketing energy and dollars.
958 Reads - Avg.Rating
Tags :   Marketing , Growth , SEG , Relationship Based Pricing
Educating Members One FICO Score at a Time
According to recently released data from a bankrate.com survey, an astounding 45% of consumers do not know their credit score, and another 32% have never checked their credit report.
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Tags :   Marketing
If a Member Comments via Social Media and Your CU is not Around to Hear It….
The sheer ability of these social media phenomenon to make their way into mainstream media coverage is enough for many credit union execs to swear off social media campaigns forever.
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Tags :   Marketing , HR , Web 2.0 , PR
You’re Hired. You’re Fired. Strategies for Managing Your Call Center
Effectively managing a call center requires you to identify necessary competencies during the hiring process, as well as the guts to know when someone has to go.
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Tags :   Delivery Channels , HR , Call Center , Training
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