retail branch

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  Guest Opinion: Branches Trumped by Experience

  By Michael Downs  |  September 10, 2012

  There is certainly no shortage of experts willing to prognosticate on the future of the retail bank branch. For well over a decade, the futurists have generally aligned themselves around one of two sides of the debate. Those predicting the end of the branch as we know it, and those predicting...

• Consumers Jilting Branches for Online Banking: Study

  By Robert McGarvey  |  May 22, 2012

  Half in survey say they would do all banking online if they could.

• Air Academy FCU Lays Off 19 in Branch Makeover

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  November 20, 2011

  Even as it absorbs its lumps and lays off employees from the slump in home lending, the $419 million Air Academy Federal Credit Union of Colorado Springs, Colo., made clear last week it is on a mission to emphasize online and electronic tools.

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  Branches Are Now as Useful as a Dead Parrot

  By Thomas J. O'Shea  |  May 16, 2011

  While most of us were busy dealing with regulatory assessments and fiats, an unrelenting onslaught of new consumer protections and compliance mandates, our business was changing.

• Florida CU Merger Leader Has New Role

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  April 4, 2011

  Timothy Antonition, the executive tapped to lead integration when Space Coast Credit Union acquired Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union, has been promoted to chief operating officer.

• Branch-Building Conveys Stability Focused on Growth

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  December 15, 2010

  At a time when consumer confidence in banks is low, the building of new branches can help reinforce the image that a credit union is not only stable but focused on growth.