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HOUSTON, Texas - Auto Financial Group, an online provider of residual-based financing products for credit unions, has formed a partnership with Membership Marketing Support Services, a company that specializes in marketing for credit unions, to deliver a "state-of-the-art" vehicle balloon loan-financial product - MAPS - to credit unions with an...

Heritage Federal Credit Union, Newburgh, Ind., has promoted Mark Hudson to vice president of consumer lending and Tony Freels to assistant vice president of internal audit. CUES, Madison, Wis. has promoted Kristina Mattson to vice president of membership; Teri Schacker to vice president of marketing; Jenny Mueller to Web/e-commerce manager;...

According to a recent Mediamark Research survey, while some 68% of teens age 12 to 19 say they decide how they spend their own money, only 12% agree with the statement "credit cards are great". Here is a look at some other findings: * 59% believe "Credit cards are dangerous...

HALES CORNER, Wis. - Some corporate leaders admit that the average member of Congress might not be aware of what a corporate credit union is, but they're working on changing that. The Association of Corporate Credit Unions has a new program in place to try and get members of Congress...

MADISON, Wis. - A recent Filene Research Institute study finds that mid-sized credit unions with high growth rates share similar management practices. According to the Management Practices and Growth at Mid-Sized Credit Unions" study, a combination of management practices appears to drive growth. Such practices range from implementing a formal...

RICHMOND, Va. - Considering there are about 70 credit unions in the state, the seven comments from credit unions that were filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission in support of the agency's proposal to allow state-chartered credit unions to adopt underserved areas as part of their field-of-membership, may seem...

AUSTIN, Texas - Austin Federal Credit Union is literally providing staffers and board directors access to credit union information on-the-go. In an effort to securely share internal credit union documents the credit union has ordered the CryptoStick from Cray, North Carolina-based Research Triangle Software. The CryptoStick is a portable encryption...

HARAHAN, La. - Consumer awareness of the state's credit unions has risen by 40% following a 2003 public awareness campaign conducted by the Louisiana Credit Union League, results of a statewide telephone survey show. The campaign, the first cooperative advertising attempt by the League, featured television and radio advertisements that...