Vermont

• Vermont Regulator’s C&D Is a Marketing Bonanza, VSECU Says

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 20, 2012

  The credit union says there is a public outcry for VSECU's cause.

• VSECU Ponders Switch to Federal Charter in ‘Bank’ Ad Dispute

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 20, 2012

  State regulator calls for cease and desist order.

• Vermont League Urges Pullback on ‘Bank’ Ad Edict

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 19, 2012

  Association of Vermont Credit Unions asks state regulator to relent on order, saying "consumers use the term to describe what they're doing" not where.

• ‘Bank’ Ad Issue Been Around For Years, Says Vermont Regulator

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 18, 2012

  State banking commissioner cites 1969, 2006 laws in cease-and-desist order against Vermont State Employees Credit Union.

• Vermont State Employees CEO Calls Fight Over ‘Bank’ Use ‘Amazing’

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 18, 2012

  CEO Steven Post said he has asked Vermont regulator for more information about complainant and expects hearing on appeal in four to six weeks.

• Vermont Scrap Over ‘Banking’ in Ads

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 18, 2012

  Credit union hit with banker-backed state order to quit using "banking" in ads and marketing.

• Occupy Activists See Progress in Vermont Federal Talks

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 5, 2012

  Credit union finding common ground with activists.

• Transfer Day Founder Thanks Industry, Scorns Vermont Attack

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  June 25, 2012

  Eight months after Bank Transfer Day, Kristen Christian, its California founder, reiterated her gratitude to both industry leaders as well as frontline staffers for providing her a life-changing appreciation of credit unions, something that she said has made her a better American.

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  Summit CU, L9 Forge Connections via New Website

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  June 25, 2012

  Visit www.summitcreditunion.com, and you might forget you’re perusing a financial institution’s website. After deciding a simple, purely informational site just wouldn’t cut it, the $1.7 billion, Madison, Wis.-based credit union called upon its web management vendor, the Barre, Vermont-based L9, to create something interesting, customizable, and most importantly, interactive.

• Occupy Activist: First Vermont Federal Board Meeting ‘Went Well’

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  June 22, 2012

  Eric Davis, the Occupy activist who was elected to the board of the $346 million Vermont Federal Credit Union board, has attended his first meeting.