NAFCU Partners With GMA
ARLINGTON, Va.-NAFCU has partnered with Group Marketing Associates (GMA) of Vienna, Va., to rewrite and provide a fresh look to NAFCU's credit union statement inserts. The new NAFCU-GMA statement inserts replace those produced previously through the Financial Education Corp., known as Finedco, and marketed as "Credit Union Stuffers."
"NAFCU's statement inserts are widely utilized by member and nonmember credit unions as an effective and cost-effective means of educating their members about a wide array of important consumer issues, and our new relationship with GMA enables us to offer enhanced insert designs," commented Peter Taylor, NAFCU's marketing director.
The new statement insert program will initially offer 23 inserts in a four-color instead of the previous two colors and will be printed on a higher-quality paper. PDF samples and order information are available at www.nafcu.org.
Meriwest Selects RMG Training
PHOENIX-Meriwest CU in San Jose, Calif. selected RMG Training Company's ServicePlus training system. The systems sets clear performance standards throughout a CU and offers ongoing coaching and mentoring to reinforce performance. Using ServicePlus, all CU staff, from the CEO to entry level employees, take part in the training program.
For info: rmgtraining.com.
CO-OP Named Number-One CUSO
ONTARIO, Calif.-Callahan & Associates named CO-OP Financial Services the number-one multi-owned CUSO in the country. The $136-million CUSO came in first among 172 similar organizations around the nation. CO-OP provides volume discounts on products and services including ATM network access, ATM processing and shared branching.
For info: www.co-opnetwork.org.
How To Find Your Collateral
SEABROOK, N.H.-Advanced Collateral Recovery (ACR), has released the Proactive Collateral Recovery (PCR) system, which it describes as a "cutting-edge risk management tool designed to maximize return on investment of automobile loan portfolios." The technology monitors the location of the vehicle though a "Virtual Site Indicator (VSI)," a low-cost tracking device for vehicle position monitoring. "It provides scheduled or on-demand position reporting of your collateral," the company said. The VSI is hardwired into the vehicle at point of sale.
For info: www.advancedcollateralrecovery.com.
