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  • Taking virtual to the max - virtual credit union annual meetings

    DALLAS - We've seen virtual banking in the CU industry; virtual member service; even virtual voting for board elections; but Atlantic FCU here has pushed the envelope even further - a virtual annual meeting. The $408 million credit union based in Dallas, but which serves members in every state, held...

  • E-mail marketing to gain popularity

    NEW YORK - Marketing via e-mail may be the next frontier. According to eMarketer's E-Mail Marketing Report, e-mail marketing is not only cheaper at less than one cent per message but can produce better quantifiable results than banner ads. The click-through rate for opt-in e-mail is 3.2% compared to .3%...

  • Nationwide Inserts 2001 catalog available

    RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Nationwide Inserts, has released its 2001 catalog of turnkey credit union statement inserts, postcards and lobby posters The new catalog contains nearly 200 different inserts in 19 categories, that clients can mix and match fronts and backs to best convey their message. The inserts are available in...

  • Citizens' Community FCU's loan portfolio

    Real estate lending - one of the primary reasons for its conversion plans - clearly dominates the CU's loan portfolio in dollar amount. As the chart shows, it makes up 53% of the CU's portfolio.

  • Scottish Parliament members eligible to join credit union

    EDINBURGh, Scotland - If you can't lick `em, join `em, or better yet have them join you. Capital Credit Union has just taken a giant step in improving credit union-legislative relationships. The Scottish Parliament has become one of their sponsoring organizations, and all 1,000 employees from clerks to members of...

  • Redstone FCU brand breaks into publishing

    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Everyone wants their own magazine. First Oprah did it, then Rosie and now Redstone Federal Credit Union? That's right, what began as an idea Information Technology Assistant Vice President Teri Bentley had after attending a BAI conference almost two years ago, the $1 billion credit union made...

  • Symitar adds online pubs to Web site

    SAN DIEGO - Credit union data processor Symitar Systems has enhanced its Web site (www.symitar.com) to allow customers to access the company's most current documentation online before receiving the CD-ROM update. Interim versions of Symitar's Online Publications (version 2.1 of the Symitar for Windows publications, and 5.1 of the text...

  • SOUTH

    Alabama Credit Union League, Birmingham, has appointed the following directors to its board: District 1- Charlotte Williams, president, Listerhill Credit Union; District 3-Dale Dalbey, executive vice president, Mutual Savings Credit Union; Merrill Mann, vice president, APCO Employees Credit Union; Tom Tatum, Chief Executive Officer, Jefferson County Teachers Credit Union; District...

  • Senate switch shakes up committee make-up

    WASHINGTON-Senator James Jeffords (I-Vt.) announced he would leave the Republican party prior to the Memorial Day recess. He would return June 5 officially as an Independent caucusing with the Democrats. The move effectively broke the even split in the Senate to 50-49-1 in favor of the Democrats, and has implications...

  • Information please

    My vision for Credit Union Times when it was launched 11 years ago was to cover the news of the credit union industry so well that busy subscribers wouldn't have to read a multitude of other credit union publications. That vision has materialized. Credit Union Times, especially in the last...