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LAS VEGAS - While there can be no letup in defending against banker tax attacks, credit unions must focus a little more heavily now on regulatory relief because of its crippling burdens. That was a message of Fred Becker, president and CEO of NAFCU, who told the annual conference attendees...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - They say you can find anything for sale on eBay. Judging from the array of credit union artifacts found on the popular online auction site, it seems, at least for this industry, to be true. During the first two weeks of July, Credit Union Times monitored...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Don't use valuable Web page real estate to advertise stuff your members aren't likely to buy from you anyway. That's the simple message from Ron Shevlin at Forrester Research, who checked out what credit unions do and what members don't for a new report titled "Which Products...

LAS VEGAS - Colorado business guru and author Jim Collins had some kind words here for credit unions for holding "a purity of mission" and true leadership, but he said future challenges come in how managers hire talent and rise above mediocrity. In a keynote speech to NAFCU's annual conference,...

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - Not satisfied with what they had, the staff at Kinecta Federal Credit Union went out and built themselves a better mousetrap, in this case their own online banking system. "We believe we've done something unique," says Juan Luna, the $2.8 billion CU's vice president of information...

LAS VEGAS - Appealing anew for credit unions to "reach out to everyone" to boost lagging membership, NCUA Board Member Debbie Matz is urging the industry to look to the mortgage market to create new growth. Addressing NAFCU's annual conference, Matz said there "are literally millions of opportunities for credit...