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TEMPE, Ariz. - Credit union consulting firm LemmonTree Enterprises has recently launched an E-Marketing Department. "Knowing that e-marketing is a burgeoning tool for credit unions to reach online members, we built a solution to target members who utilize the home banking feature or Web site to manage their money as...

Credit Union Times Correspondent-at-Large Eileen Courter lives in Sun City Center, Fla., which is located between Tampa and Sarasota. She and her husband are members of the Sun City Center Community Response Team and were part of several CERT Teams called in to travel to nearby Hardee County to assist...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The judge in the Utah field-of-membership lawsuit has set a date. Judge Dale A. Kimball has scheduled a hearing on the bankers' motion "to invalidate the Administrative Agency Action & Petition for Judicial Notice in the Utah FOM case for Tuesday, October 5 at 3 p.m. The...

CLEVELAND - For students headed back for the fall semester shredders are topping the list of college essentials. An inexpensive cross-cut shredder can go a long way to helping students protect themselves from identity theft and fraud. A survey by the Federal Trade Commission found that nearly 10 million Americans...

ATLANTA - Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) recently told AACUC annual meeting attendees that he's aware of the often-contentious relationship between credit unions and banks, having played referee a few times when colleagues were "at loggerheads." "You want to keep your tax-exemption status," Scott said. "You want to ensure that every...

MANCHESTER, Mo. - Although a recent survey finds that banks are committed to building more branches, Charlene Stern, chief experience officer for design/build/branding firm NewGround says the time is now for credit unions to capitalize on "bankers' marketing malaise." "The current frenzy of branch-building is running ahead of some banks'...

SAN DIMAS, Calif. - WesCorp played host to Congressman Brad Sherman recently (D-Calif.). Sherman is an important figure for credit unions because of his interest in giving credit unions secondary capital options. Sherman addressed the hot button topic. "I know there are a lot of credit unions that don't need...

ATLANTA - The African-American Credit Union Coalition (AACUC) recently awarded its first CUNA Mutual Group Discovery Conference scholarship to Rita Haynes, CEO of Faith Community United Credit Union. A 40-plus-year veteran of the credit union movement, Haynes has worked at Cleveland-based Faith Community United Credit Union since 1959, serving the...