Michael Bartlett

Credit unions missed many people who tried to open accounts online during the Bank Transfer Day period, and they continue to lag in key technology elements, according to Jim Van Dyke, founder and president of Javelin Research.

Don Shafer, chairman and co-founder of Austin, Texas-based BancVue explains how to keep the credit union business model relevant.

Ratings for $1.6-billion Technology Credit Union on popular ratings site Yelp.com have turned more negative since the CU proposed a charter conversion to a mutual savings bank.

With the number of U.S. college students near an all-time high, there continue to be opportunities in student lending for credit unions as a new school year approaches.

Credit union board members are being reminded to get their liquidity plans in order, while also preparing for an iffy recovery in the economy.

Bay Federal Credit Union's in-house document management product is going public.

The evolution of the payments landscape and new payment technologies, specifically EMV, should be at the top of credit unions' strategic planning discussions for 2013, according to Bill Lehman, VP Portfolio Consulting for CSCU.

With many credit union members still struggling in a weak economy, credit unions are being urged in 2013 to tap technology that gets more people into cars while building loan portfolios.

Wright-Patt CU has formed a partnership with a local real estate company, Irongate Inc. Realtors, with a goal of expansion as the relationship develops.

Teachers Credit Union's TCU Member Call Center has been certified as a "Center of Excellence" by BenchmarkPortal for the second year in a row.

Fredda McDonald, EVP for the credit union experience at PSCU, says, "The time is now to invest, grow and prosper with solutions that will attract, engage and retain members."

"A discontinuance of interest on overnight funds will cause significant problems for many credit unions who currently hold extremely large investment portfolios and cash reserves," said Tony Ferris, managing partner for Rochdale Group

Mark Weber, president and CEO of Weber Marketing Group, said that as 2013 begins to draw near, the "opportunity window" to capitalize on consumers' big-bank frustration and broken trust may be closing.

The ongoing and prolonged drought across much of the Midwestern U.S. has credit unions keeping a wary eye on potential risks that may develop.

The Golden 1 Credit Union said its midyear numbers show ROA has grown to 1.1% and capital now stands at 10.56%.

One Nevada Credit Union reported $590,000 in net income for the first six months of 2012, and a net worth ratio of 9.25%, as the Silver State's economy continues to improve slowly.

A conversion attempt by $1.6-billion Technology CU to a bank used to be a private affair, but the advent of social media has added an entirely new element to the effort.

Many credit unions have built marketing campaigns around saving their members interest by bringing in loans from outside lenders, but Yolo Federal Credit Union has taken the concept to a new level.

Credit unions are investing heavily in their lending infrastructure to book more loans before interest rates rise and to manage risk, according to one analyst.

A member of $1.6-billion Technology Credit Union who is fighting Tech CU's proposed charter conversion to a bank has submitted a letter for the credit union to distribute electronically to his fellow members.