HONOLULU - (10/26/04) In keeping with the AlohaSpirit of the host city for CUNAs Future Forum, CUNA CEO DanMica promised not to bash the banks and instead pointed out a localnewspaper ad taken out by Bank of Hawaii that wished aheartfelt mahalo to our credit union partners, as an exampleof how banks and credit unions should peacefully coexist.Banks everywhere could take a lesson from Bank ofHawaii, Mica exhorted, but he noted that in states likeUtah, for example, its hard to imagine such a thing as banksand credit unions getting along. This is truly paradise herein Hawaii, where they have created an environment where we can allwork together. CUNA recently sent a letter to 100 banks,urging them to drop the bank/credit union feud andsuggesting how much the two industries could achieve if theywerent so busy fighting each other, and a few wrote back tosay they dont consider CUs their enemy, he related.But I will promise you this. Well fight em orwell love em, but well never give up andwell always win, Mica averred.
Hawaii Offers Utopian Ideal of Bank-CUrelations
October 26, 2004, 1:00 a.m. EDT
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