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Consumers' attitudes, behaviors, and habits have most likely been materially affected by the recession, and new norms of activity and expectations are now in place.

Maybe not, but saying something is better than saying nothing - especially when everyone else is talking about you.

Chapter 13 bankruptcy filings have become less popular since the housing crisis began, and some experts say this is a direct result of fewer people trying to save their homes.

With more than six million homeowners foreclosed on in the past three years, and an estimated three million headed there this year, it's hard to see where the buyers will be for all of the homes coming back onto the market. Giving defaulted borrowers a second chance at homeownership, as some mortgage executives are lobbying the goverment to do, might help absorb this inventory.

It's always been one of the ironies within credit unions that the poorest job of marketing is done by marketing departments themselves.

CU managers constantly seek ways to increase productivity within their existing branch operations. But before addressing productivity, there are a couple of key points to consider.

At least one community banker was unimpressed with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's defense of the central bank's oversight of holding companies and state banks.

Everyone’s talking about the forthcoming sequel to “Wall Street,” but the new movie that may best capture public sentiment about the current financial crisis is a work of science fiction.

Banks like Citigroup have invested heavily in mobile payment technology, but what if their clients don't share their enthusiasm?

Not for profit, not for charity, but for service. Reportedly first uttered by the treasurer of a Midwest credit union around 1935, the nine words are designed to represent the core character of the credit union business model.