WASHINGTON—Buddy Gill says there are several “little known facts” that led to the passage of the Credit Union Membership Access Act, but none bigger than the story of the hot dog vendor, who for a short while became the face of the Credit Union Campaign for Consumer Choice.
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WAUKEGAN, Ill.—The nation’s “best” online checking account is doing a lot more than driving new accounts–it’s doing what all good checking products should do—building deeper relationships.
ONTARIO, Calif.—CU Direct credit unions collectively becoming the No. 1 auto lender in the nation is a feather in the cap for the company and its CU partners, says Tony Boutelle, who emphasizes that the accomplishment means even more for the credit union movement.
TAMPA, Fla.—GTE Financial is investing in 61 new skimmer-proof ATMs at a cost of about $35,000 apiece. The $1.9-billion CU says the investment is well worth it.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—When credit union marketers think about developing new products, one of the first things that comes to mind is how that product will interface with a mobile device.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.—Nothing is more indicative of the impact the smartphone has had on financial services than how it has become so central to the lives of virtually all consumers.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—What amazes John Oldshue about the iPhone today is that he holds in the palm of his hand a device that has more computing power than the first space shuttle.
TAMPA, Fla.—Lou Grilli hopes the next thing his iPhone will be able to do is spit out money--making a point that the iPhone and all the apps that have been developed to support the device have dramatically transformed the way people bank.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—With an impact that rivals or even exceeds inventions such as the printing press and radio, Bill Hardekopf says the revolutionary effects the iPhone has had on banking could not have been predicted when it was introduced 10 years ago.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The iPhone officially turns 10 in 2017, marking a decade in which the revolutionary Apple smartphone and the mobile devices that followed have changed the very concept of how a financial institution—and the services market itself—does business, attracts new consumers, markets itself, and so much more.