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  • Call_Solutions acquires marketing agency specializing in direct mail

    WAUKESHA, Wis. - Call_Solutions has acquired Advanced Response Marketing, Inc. (ARM) of Dallas, Texas, a marketing agency specializing in direct mail campaigns for Fortune 1000 companies. Its clients include American Airlines, Dillards Department Stores, Federated Stores, GE Capital Corporation, The Home Depot, and others. According to Call_Solutions, this acquisition helps...

  • For the record

    In a recent column ("NAFCU's Strengths and Weaknesses"), Mike Welch makes the point that NAFCU is a direct membership organization, but he then goes on to add, "credit unions are members, not leagues as in the case of NAFCU's rival CU trade group CUNA." As chairman of the CUNA Renewal...

  • Highlights of FFIEC's guidance on authentication in the online world

    WASHINGTON - The following are some key points culled from the FFIEC's guidance on authenticating users online. NCUA is expected to release a Letter to CUs on the issue later this year. Secure password measures: * Six character passwords that are alpha-numeric can be more effective than the common four...

  • North Carolina Bankers Association assails Renaissance report

    RALEIGH, N.C. - Thad Woodard, president, North Carolina Bankers Association accused credit unions of making it "abundantly clear the message.to Congress, state legislatures, federal and state regulatory agencies, and the public: `The rules don't apply to us.' " In his letter to the editor in the Aug. 20 issue of...

  • NASCUS committee to take up FHLB-related bill

    ARLINGTON, Va. - Among the list of items the NASCUS Government Relations Committee is scheduled to take up at its next meeting during NASCUS' annual conference in September, is the bill-H.R. 2796 introduced by Ohio Republican Congressman Robert Ney-that would allow privately insured, state-chartered credit unions to become members of...

  • National Cooperative Bank now a .coop founder

    WASHINGTON - The National Cooperative Business Association, which led the charge to get the .coop domain name for cooperatives, has yet to find a CU organization to become a founder and act as registrant for CUs and the new .coop domain, but it is having luck in other areas. The...

  • CUNA national brand becomes center of controversy

    LEAWOOD, Kan. - Gold Banc Corp., a parent company of Gold Bank seems to think that a slogan is worth more than money too. The Kansas City bank has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas claiming the CUNA's National CU Brand Campaign slogan...

  • Kyle Central CU CEO juggles roles as school board treasurer, magazine editor

    SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. - As the father of two sons, ages 4 and 6, Ted Jarosh has literally been preparing for the day when both children would start school. The president/CEO of Kyle Central Credit Union made up his mind early on that he would take an active part in...

  • Service Credit Union keeps growing despite German military withdrawals

    VOGELWEH, Germany and PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - What happens when you are a healthy credit union with satisfied members, and then a large number of your members disappear for reasons beyond your control? That is what happened to Service Credit Union (SCU) at its branch in Germany when troop reductions forced...

  • The lessons we've learned in Oregon

    Oregon credit unions were proud of their accomplishments in the 2001 Oregon Legislative Session. When the session ended on July 7, we had accomplished what we set out to do - pass favorable member business loan legislation, and update specific sections of the Oregon Credit Union Act. We did this...