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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Credit unions are hitting the runway to help define "business casual" and the employees love it. Rather than just referring staffers to the employee handbook, Peoria, Illinois-based Citizens Equity First Credit Union and Jackson, Michigan-based American 1 Federal Credit Union have opted for a fashion...

I'm not sure where Mike Welch was sitting during the Blaine/Fergeson debate at the GAC, but any applause following that fiasco from the area where we sat was in appreciation that it was finally over. Several folks, including all those in our group, expressed the disgust with the tone the...

After listening to Jim Blaine's comments at the GAC in his debate with the ABA's Ken Fergeson, not only was I not applauding, but I was embarrassed, humiliated and outraged by one of our industry `leader's' display of some of the most rude, crude and pompous behavior, the likes of...

DALLAS - When the almost $4 billion American Airlines Federal Credit Union finally starts a credit card program, it might do so using some of the most cutting edge and innovative card reward programs in the industry. Certegy, the credit card processing firm for many credit unions headquartered in Alpharetta,...

I have just read Mike Welch's column, "GAC Again Setting for [Mostly] Highlights" in the March 3rd issue of Credit Union Times. Thank you for your comments regarding the "debate" between Ken Fergeson and Jim Blaine. I was anxious to read Welch's column, trusting that he would share his overall...

WASHINGTON-For about three quarters now, the Federal Open Market Committee has kept its federal funds target rate at 1%. The Federal Reserve's monetary policy group announced March 16 that it would continue its "accommodative stance of monetary policy, coupled with robust underlying growth in productivity, is providing important ongoing support...

PORTLAND, Ore. - About 65 credit union executives listened closely on March 10 to a discussion of the issues involved in the credit union-to-bank conversion phenomenon at a meeting of the Columbia chapter of the Oregon Credit Union Association. Tony Ward-Smith, a noted credit union consultant, spoke about his experience...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Emerging alert and notification technology will be make it easier for credit unions to reach out to new members and stay in more profitable touch with older ones. Financial Insights analyst Richard J. Bell expects the leading medium to large financial institutions in the country to deploy...