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• Letter: Are Paid Directors Best for the Industry?

  By Gary Klotz  |  May 8, 2013

  Regarding Editor-Chief Sarah Snell Cooke’s column in the May 1 issue: Attracting and retaining qualified board members are critical challenges for credit unions. Similarly, board members deserve recognition for their responsibilities and also for their time, work and contributions. There is no debate about these points.

• Pay Can Raise Expectations for Directors

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  May 1, 2013

  A couple of state legislatures have recognized the value of credit union directors’ work toward maintaining a safe and sound credit union. Washington State and Tennessee credit union regulators recently permitted state-chartered credit unions there to compensate board members for their time. This was a wise move for a number...

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  Pay Can Raise Expectations for Credit Union Directors: Editor/Publisher's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  April 25, 2013

  There are some good reasons to pay credit union board members. But why aren't the bankers objecting?>

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  Brett King and the Death of the Branch: Part 3

  By Brett King  |  April 24, 2013

  The Bank 2.0/3.0 author concludes with how the bank account’s digitization has an inevitable result for bricks-and-mortar branching.

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  Brett King and the Death of the Branch: Part 1

  By Brett King  |  April 24, 2013

  As surely as downloads doomed record shops, smartphones will be the death of branches. Bank 2.0/3.0 author Brett King shares why in this three-part series.

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  First Tech Touts Rollout of First CU Native Windows Phone App

  By Marc Rapport  |  April 1, 2013

  California credit union travels to Microsoft headquarters in Washington state to celebrate launch with one of its major SEGs.

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  Threat of the Week: Mobile Malware, Menace or Myth?

  By Robert McGarvey  |  April 1, 2013

  The press releases pile up, shrieking about yet another new mobile malware menace. Just one problem: it’s all public relations bloat.

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  Hiring Decisions: Some Take a Hard Look at the Culture Imperative

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  March 6, 2013

  Never compromise or settle when it comes to talent decisions, advises Mark Meyer, CEO of Filene Research Institute.

• You're a Credit Union, Not a Coffee Shop

  February 4, 2013

  Who doesn’t want to be Amazon, Starbucks or Zappos? But who can, really?

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  Mobility Matters: The Tablet Revolution, Continued

  By Robert McGarvey  |  January 10, 2013

  Technology writer Robert McGarvey in this week's column holds forth on why tablet apps will become a necessity, not a luxury.