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• First Tech CEO Heads to BECU

  By Marc Rapport  |  December 20, 2011

  First Technology Credit Union CEO Benson Porter in California and Oregon has been named president/CEO of $9.7 billion BECU in Washington state.

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  Gen Y Back Talk: To Switch or Not to Switch?

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  November 6, 2011

  When Bank of America announced a monthly $5 debit card fee would take effect in 2012, questions about the potential backlash ran through my head. Would consumers put up with this? Would the bank cancel the fee to combat lost business? How angry would the fee make Gen Y?

• CEO: Timing Played Big Role in Card Success

  By David Morrison  |  April 13, 2011

  SAN ANTONIO — The CEO of one of the largest credit unions to come to offering credit cards attributed much of the CUs card success to its timing.

• Schrader Uses Service to Enhance Bottom Line

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  March 2, 2011

  Speak to OnPoint Community Credit Union Senior Vice President of Marketing/Member Services Kelly Schrader for a few minutes, and it’s hard not to be inspired to do more.

• Why So Many Out of State Mergers?

  By Guest Blogger  |  December 22, 2010

  Guest Blogger Teresa Y. Freeborn, president/CEO of Xceed Financial Credit Union, let us know she had a few things to say about the recent trend in out-of-state credit union mergers.

• Cultural Fit Helps Nebraska CU Build Investment Program

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  November 17, 2010

  The frustration with representatives pushing products on members who did not really need or want them was behind SAC Federal Credit Union's decision to rethink the positioning of its investment services program.

• Change in the Wind Reveals Which Business Deposits Are Primed for Growth

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  August 25, 2010

  While Sound Credit Union's business services program has been in place since July 2007, a litany of bank mergers and closures in the area has helped propel its business deposit portfolio over the last year.

• PEOPLE

  July 14, 2010

  Saugus Financial Insurance Agency, LLC, Saugus, Mass., welcomed as president Jeanne Grant, successor, longtime associate and daughter of

• Survey: Consumers Likely to Recommend CUs

  By Marc Rapport  |  June 9, 2010

  American consumers put credit unions atop the list of financial services providers they're likely to recommend,

• Addison Avenue, First Tech Chart $5 Billion Merger

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  March 11, 2010

  Addison Avenue FCU of Palo Alto, Calif. and First Tech CU, of Beaverton, Ore., are planning a consolidation this summer creating a $5 billion institution using the First Tech name.