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U.S. Banker May 2009 Anthony Malakian |
The Other Bailout Industry experts say that a confluence of events brought on by the mortgage market meltdown could be setting the stage for a surge of credit unions converting to mutual savings banks. |
U.S. Banker July 2011 Rob Garver |
Conversion Conversation Restricted on capital. Burdened by heavy deposit insurance assessments. Threatened with losing their federal tax exemption. Little wonder credit unions are weighing conversion. |
The Motley Fool November 22, 2011 Matt Cropp |
In Pictures: Banks vs. Credit Unions in the Financial Crisis Credit union advocates argue that their financial institutions rode out the financial crisis better than commercial banks. Are their claims backed up by the numbers? |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Credit Union Pros and Cons Have you considered maintaining an account at a credit union in addition to or instead of at your local bank? You should. Credit unions have advantages and disadvantages. Here is a review of some of them. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2006 |
Credit Union Pros and Cons Credit unions have advantages and disadvantages for customers; let's review some of each. |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Credit Union Pros and Cons Credit unions deserve your consideration. |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2007 John Rosevear |
The Joys of Credit Unions While credit unions aren't the best fit for everyone, they do offer distinct advantages -- tangible and not-so-tangible -- over big regional or national banks. |
U.S. Banker December 2009 Anthony Malakian |
Credit Unions Stay on the Attack Aggressive marketing by credit unions has helped fuel deposit growth, though community bankers say big banks remain the greater competitive threat. |
Bank Systems & Technology April 8, 2010 Penny Crosman |
Credit Unions Press Their Post-Crisis Advantage Post-crisis, credit unions are taking it to their bank competitors, soaking up deposits and investing in already-superior online banking capabilities. |
U.S. Banker February 2010 Bonnie McGeer |
Credit Crunch Helps Credit Unions By playing up how they can help create jobs, credit unions are gaining momentum with their effort to increase the cap on member business lending. |
Entrepreneur August 2003 Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
Give 'Em Credit They're not just for car loans and home mortgages. Now credit unions are making business loans. |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Go Beyond Banks Credit unions can offer great deals to savers and borrowers alike. |
U.S. Banker March 2003 John Engen |
Steely Determination, Scrappy Fighting Things are just getting started in the war between banks and credit unions. Utah has become the lightning rod for debate, from bank-backed bills that would impose stiff taxes and "competitive equity" fees on credit unions to mudslinging TV ads and newspaper editorials. |
U.S. Banker October 2001 Paul Muolo |
Endangering the Movement Sure, everybody's out to make a buck. But credit unions? The whole idea behind credit unions is that they're supposed to be non-profit organizations that give their members low-cost loans and safe havens for savings. But now California CUs want to sell shares to outsiders... |
Entrepreneur October 2006 Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
A Perfect Union Looking for a better relationship with your bank? A credit union could be the financing solution you need. |
The Motley Fool November 8, 2011 Matt Cropp |
Bank Transfer Day: A Resounding, If Unanticipated, Success for Credit Unions Did it live up to the hype? Bank Transfer Day was also an occasion for increasingly open cooperation between credit unions and the Occupy movement. |
U.S. Banker November 2007 Karen Krebsbach |
CUs Gird for Battle over CRA Rules Recent remarks about whether credit unions and other nonbank lending firms should participate in Community Reinvestment Act requirements have raised the specter of that age-old argument, with credit union representatives solidly on one side and bankers on the other. |
Job Journal April 8, 2007 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: The Case for Unions Unions remain the best counterbalance to unchecked management rights in the United States. |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Give Yourself Credit You don't need a banker to earn some of the best deals in banking. Sound impossible? It isn't -- provided you know your local credit union. |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
One Congressman's Solution for Boosting Small Businesses Loans Congressman Kanjorski on lifting the lending cap on credit union loans to small businesses. |
U.S. Banker August 2001 |
Credit Unions Get Bum Rap on Privacy Letter to the editor about the article "Credit Unions, Consumers' Friends?" |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 |
"We Have to Take A Different Look" Teachers union President Edward McElroy concurs that the AFL-CIO needs change, but he says Andy Stern's proposals are antidemocratic. |
Bank Systems & Technology September 29, 2005 |
Chickens Come Home to Roost Letters to the editor in response to a credit union's conversion from Galaxy Plus to Digital Insight: We sincerely regret the negative experience you wrote about... Are we to assume from your editorial that you think that credit unions are not capable of good planning... |
Entrepreneur July 2010 Gwen Moran |
The Bank in Your Backyard Building strong connections with community banks can pay off during uncertain economic times. |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2005 Lawrence Meyers |
When Strikes Are Good for Business Unions are in trouble, and that's good news for supermarkets. Investors, however, may find some bitter benefits in all this. |
IDB America October 2003 Eduardo Lora |
Do unions help? They can lubricate the gears of the labor market or make them grind to a halt -- it depends on government policy. |
BusinessWeek August 8, 2005 Aaron Bernstein |
So Long, AFL-CIO. Now What? The labor unions that split will focus on service jobs that can't easily be shipped overseas. |
Bank Systems & Technology July 26, 2010 Penny Crosman |
Credit Union Upgrades Global Payments System Members United can now provide wire transfers using the destination currency rather than U.S. dollars, avoiding foreign exchange fees. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2011 Morgan Housel |
How Successful Will Bank Transfer Day Be? Consumers might switch to credit unions where they get better service and lower fees, and for-profit banks might stem some of the rampant deposit growth and unprofitable customers that have been crimping profits. If only more protests could work this well. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Union Dues: A Good Investment? What do you get for the union label in your paycheck? |
Bank Technology News October 2009 John Adams |
CUs Cooperate on Mobile CO-OP Financial Services, CO-OP Mobile, allows credit unions to deploy mobile banking with minimal upfront expense. |
Bank Systems & Technology November 3, 2003 Ivan Schneider |
A Professional Confessional hat can a for-profit commercial bank or community bank possibly offer to its retail customers that tax-exempt, not-for-profit credit unions wouldn't be able to imitate? The answer starts with guaranteed innovation. |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 |
"The Status Quo Won't Stand" Joe Hansen, head of the United Food & Commercial Workers, predicts a "showdown" on reform at the AFL-CIO convention next summer. |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 |
"I'm Not Ready to Tear Down the Institution" Communication Workers head Morty Bahr agrees that labor needs to make changes, but carefully. Here is an interview with one of labor's elder statesmen. |
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Aaron Bernstein |
This Would Be A Very Painful Divorce Dissident unions are threatening to pull out of the AFL-CIO if the federation fails to undertake major reforms. |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 |
"We Need to Refocus the Labor Movement" Steelworkers President Leo Gerard on the need to work harder on membership growth and "to take back America from the corporations." |
Inc. September 2006 Max Chafkin |
Update: An Unexpected Union In 2004, Judy Wicks was honored as one of "25 Entrepreneurs We Love." Given her rep as a model boss, it was surprising when her workers began an effort to unionize last fall. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Allan S Roth |
A Safer Source of Alpha For your clients with at least $500,000 in assets, helping them earn an extra 100 to 200 basis points of alpha in fixed income is worthwhile and can generate significant additional risk-adjusted returns. |
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Stanley Reed |
Commentary: Back To The Bad Old Days Of Strikes? British unions are angry, but things are nowhere near as chaotic as in the '70s |
Salon.com August 8, 2000 Diane Seo & Suzy Hansen |
Will Verizon workers strike out? Americans no longer look for the union label, making it hard for strikers to find a sympathetic ear. |
Reason January 2001 Sara Rimensnyder |
Soundbite: Labor Pains "Freedom of association is a right under severe, often buckling pressure when workers in the United States try to exercise it." That's the conclusion of Unfair Advantage, a new study commissioned by Human Rights Watch... |
U.S. Banker April 2002 Mark Bruno |
Corillian Bares Its Knuckles The gloves are off. Corillian Corp. is looking for new customers and it isn't bashful about trying to pry them loose from Digital Insight... |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Hey, Give Me My Money! Fewer check processing sites means that, for consumers, more deposit checks get categorized as "local." That means more of your checks must be deposited under the two-day rule instead of the five-day rule. |
BusinessWeek March 7, 2005 Aaron Bernstein |
Big Labor's Day of Reckoning As a critical confab nears, how far is the AFL-CIO willing to go to stem its decline? |
Job Journal October 9, 2005 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Unions at a Crossroad What's behind the split within organized labor? Could the division of the labor community reignite passion in union activism? |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2008 Morgan Housel |
All Smiles at Western Union The debt markets are rattled, the mortgage industry has run out of steam, and banking giants are flirting with disaster, but money-transfer powerhouse Western Union will hear nothing of it. |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 |
"What's the Value of the AFL-CIO?" Machinists union head Thomas Buffenbarger says it's time to rethink the federation's role. Industrial unions' membership has been battered badly by globalization and they're frustrated that the labor movement hasn't been able to do more to help. |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Aaron Bernstein |
Can This Man Save Labor? Andy Stern wants to radically retool the U.S. labor movement. But first he must win over some powerful union leaders. His message: Labor remains in a death spiral, and needs a top-to-bottom overhaul if it's ever going to revive. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 John Rosevear |
Financing That New Car, Part 2 There are lots of ways to finance a car, and spending a little time reviewing the options before you go shopping can save you time, hassle, and money. |
Bank Technology News August 2001 David Rountree |
Building Business on Quick Lending Decisions Automated credit scoring has come a long way, baby, and so has the technology behind it... |