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CHULA VISTA, Calif. - While her start in credit unions may have been a fluke, North Island CU Executive Vice President of member relations Planning Geri Dillingham has always been drawn to marketing. "I took a marketing class my senior year of college and enjoyed the creativity and strategy of...

VANCOUVER, B.C.-NAFCU President and CEO Fred Becker told attendees of NAFCU's 37th Annual Conference & Exhibition that banks should stop whining about credit unions' advantages and step up to the plate, but, at the same time, credit unions need to toot their own horns more. Banks constantly complain that credit...

"Some of our members have told me that they feel we've thrown in the towel but that's not the case," - Bob Dorsa, NACUSO president on the Association's more than two-year effort to include CUSOs in an SEC proposal that recently extended broker/dealer exemptions to credit unions. "Our idea was...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Proposed regulations regarding mutual charter and private insurance conversions were the highlight of the NCUA Board's July meeting. While the issue of credit unions converting to mutual thrift institutions has been a hot one among credit unions, the proposed disclosures NCUA may impose have reached beyond the borders of...

PHOENIX, Ariz. - Gary Isner, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Arizona Credit Union League died July 15 after a six month battle with cancer. He was 60 years old. Isner was with the ACUL for 19 years, beginning in May 1985 as vice president. He was...

WASHINGTON - Credit union lobbyists were surprised July 15 when an unexpected amendment to an appropriations bill threatened to derail an important element of credit unions' outreach to Hispanic communities that they had thought secure. At risk is credit unions' ability to accept the so-called matricula consulars. The matricula consular...

FORT WORTH, Texas - Insurance solutions provider State National Companies and Western Reliance Corporation, a leading west coast insurance agency and loan tracking specialist, have joined forces. The move, designed to capitalize on each other's strengths, will provide Portland, Oregon-based Western Reliance clients with State National's force-placed insurance services including...

TEMPE, Ariz. -The American Association of Credit Union Leagues has presented the Arizona Credit Union League and LEMMON-AID Marketing Services a Pro & Blockbuster Award during the PR/Communications/GAPS Conference. The award honors excellence in public relations, marketing and advertising efforts, based on creativity and informational/educational value. The Arizona Credit Union...