http://news.cuanswers.com Your Window to the Credit Union World Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:01:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jansen Perdue, 30 Under 30 member, Hoosier Hills CU I’ve spent the majority of this year evaluating everything my credit union offers. As a member of Filene’s 30 Under 30 group I’ve been able to see the industry as a whole, looking at a younger generation of credit unions members, and ... http://news.cuanswers.com/2008/11/21/cu-tech-how-quickly-things-change/ http://news.cuanswers.com/2008/11/21/christmas-special-from-cuarchives/ The Filene Research Institute, the independent firm that explores issues vital to the future of credit unions and consumer finance, has just released a new report titled, “Credit Unions and Social Media: Engaging Young Adults.”In this report, Ben Rogers, driver of the Filene Research Institute’s CU Tomorrow project and director ... http://news.cuanswers.com/2008/11/19/new-research-on-credit-unions-and-young-adults/ Connecting people online has become big business. Companies, including some credit unions, have captured the popular imagination by allowing users to write their own opinions, film their own antics, or leave very public comments on the Internet. This new trend, called “social media,” has become a powerful marketing tool. Used ... http://news.cuanswers.com/2008/11/19/credit-unions-and-social-media-engaging-young-adults/ Filene Fellow Bob Manning, PhD, professor at RIT, is a frequently quoted expert on bankruptcy, foreclosure, and debt relief, and the author of the book Credit Card Nation. Manning’s most recent media exposure was last night on the CBS Evening News where he describes his Responsible Debt Relief program ... http://news.cuanswers.com/2008/11/19/responsible-debt-relief-highlighted-on-cbs-2/ A new, emerging branch of economics called behavioral economics attempts to take the messy concepts of psychology and behavior into consideration to develop new models of how people make economic decisions. In Debit vs. Credit: How People Choose to Pay, we examine a decision that is especially germane to credit ... http://news.cuanswers.com/2008/11/19/debit-vs-credit-how-people-chose-to-pay-2/ The financial crisis presents well-capitalized credit unions with perhaps their best marketing and growth opportunities ever. But opportunity itself won’t attract new members. Here’s how Members Credit Union in North Carolina is using new media and a friendly voice to explain the crisis to the community – zigging while others ... http://news.cuanswers.com/2008/11/19/explaining-the-crisis-to-members-2/ George Hofheimer and several credit unions are featured in the Time magazine article, Bad Times for Banks Mean Boom Times for Credit Unions. George notes in the article that credit unions’ typical conservative nature are “just what the doctor ordered” in bad times. Additional postive credit union coverage can be ... http://news.cuanswers.com/2008/11/19/time-magazine-article-about-credit-unions-2/ Congratulations to i3 member Musette Bracher, Vice President – Marketing for GECU in El Paso, as she’s been named Marketer of the Year for Texas! Pictured with Musette is her CEO Harriet May. While accepting the award Musette said, “I’m so glad I finally won, now Harriet can quit nominating me ... http://news.cuanswers.com/2008/11/19/i3er-named-marketer-of-the-year-2/ In a previous post Filene Fellow and UC-Berkeley professor Jim Wilcox provided his view on the current economic situation. Now in part two of this series, Filene Fellow and Rochester Institute of Technology professor Robert Manning weighs in on the topic. Manning’s recent television interview on the topic is a ... http://news.cuanswers.com/2008/11/19/making-sense-part-two-2/