Marketing

It took just a few hours for Ted Williams, a homeless man in Columbus, Ohio, to become the latest viral sensation, sifting through job offers pouring in including one from the Central Ohio Chapter of the Ohio Credit Union League.

Marking a new phase in league co-operation, the Michigan and Illinois credit union leagues disclosed Monday they have signed a strategic alliance agreement to collaborate on membership and product development.

Thanks in part to advocacy ads hitting on ownership, Michigan credit unions enjoyed a sharp membership run-up in 2010 with prospects hopeful for more of the same in 2011, according to the Michigan Credit Union League.

Marc Rapport has been Credit Union Times' technology correspondent for more than a decade.

Bethpage Federal Credit Union recently announced a deal with Suffolk County, N.Y., to acquire the naming rights to the Suffolk County Sports Complex, which will now be called Bethpage Ballpark.

This year will go down as the one in which the real estate and mortgage markets in many areas moved from a sense of crisis to one where credit unions began to find a little bit of stability.