ARLINGTON, Va. - Credit union card marketing efforts are going to have to be more intelligent, more segmented and carry more bonuses in the future as more credit union members roll their credit card balances into refinanced mortgages and face a sharply lowered stock market and uncertain economic times, according...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Senior trade association economists said the rising tide of credit unions' insured account balances in the wake of the stock market's downturns and general economic uncertainty increases the possibility that the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) will have to assess a premium on federally insured...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Neither regulators' increased interest in the quality of credit card accounts, nor the economic downturn in the prices of many major portfolio buyers, like MBNA, is likely to have much of an impact on the value of credit unions card portfolios, according to two players in the...

ARLINGTON, Va. - All appearances of confusion notwithstanding, a senior CUNA official defended the way the association has handled its role in a controversial financial industry suit to overturn a California credit card disclosure law. Now both CUNA and NAFCU, along with other banking trade associations and several nationwide credit...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Consumer education and acceptance, combined with acceptance by the credit unions themselves, are the biggest obstacles to what will continue to be a likely steady rise in debit card popularity and usage, according to officials with credit union based card service organizations. "A lot of my job...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Certified Federal Credit Union, a $40 million institution based in Commerce, California, has sold its $2.3 million credit card portfolio to lan Financial Services, a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp. Certified CU will retain its brand on the cards and will cooperate with lan to increase the number...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Whether a credit union decides to sell its portfolio to a bank or contract its portfolio management out to a credit union-based provider or take steps to manage the portfolio more effectively and aggressively themselves, the era when credit unions could be content to merely offer members...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - There's more to the name change at Payment Systems for Credit Unions than meets the eye. PSCU Financial Services, the former Payment Systems for Credit Unions, detailed the changes in its business operations that dictated the organization change its name to reflect its broader scope. PSCU...