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By Miriam De Dios |
May 15, 2013
Last month, the U.S. Senate introduced an immigration reform bill that proposed a complete overhaul to the country’s immigration system. Although a vote is likely several months away, credit union leaders would do well to begin paying attewwwwntion now as passage of immigration reform will undoubtedly impact them.
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By Myriam DiGiovanni |
April 17, 2013
Who says you can never go home?
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By Sarah Snell Cooke |
April 3, 2013
Staring down shrinking margins and the confusing moniker “credit union,” some have gotten creative with their fields of membership. This is not a particularly new phenomenon but one that has garnered attention from an L.A. blogger who was just looking for a credit union to join. She’s had a great...
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By David Morrison |
April 3, 2013
Skeptics who saw the seeds of an eventual bank charter in the advent of American Express and Walmart had a change of heart and last week and announced that the jointly sponsored Bluebird prepaid card will carry FDIC deposit.
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April 3, 2013
As I reflect on how proud I am of our industry, I am particularly impressed by how credit unions serve their members on the micro level but also partner and collaborate both locally and nationally to help each other and our communities. We come together in so many positive...
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By Sarah Snell Cooke |
April 1, 2013
Staring down shrinking margins and the confusing moniker “credit union,” some have gotten creative with their fields of membership.
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By Natasha Chilingerian |
February 27, 2013
Doubt has been swirling around the potential widespread use of near field communication, or NFC, a technology that links consumers’ mobile phones to merchants’ point-of-sale terminals, enabling instant mobile payments. Apple released the iPhone 5 without an NFC chip, leaving millions of consumers out of the NFC equation.
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February 20, 2013
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By Stuart R. Levine |
February 13, 2013
You have probably been seeing the term big data popping up in many places. It has entered the business vernacular.
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By Myriam DiGiovanni |
February 6, 2013
Unless the Milwaukee Brewers come calling for him to play as shortstop, Patrick Basler, president/CEO of Chicago-based First Financial Credit Union has found his niche by helping consumers change their perceptions of credit unions.