Joe Kelly, CEO of $36-million S.T.A.R. Community CU, said membership growth is finally slowing down after substantial growth from October 2011 through May of this year.

Spokane Teachers Credit Union has seen its membership hit 110,000 in recent weeks after starting 2012 with 100,000.

San Diego County CU has posted exceptional numbers since Bank Transfer Day, with Executive Vice President ofMarketing and Business Development Nathan Schmidt noting its numbers are roughly three times better than that of the credit union community as a whole.

More members, 7.5% loan growth and a better PFI score than a year ago are all benefits Pennsylvania State Employees CU has seen from Bank Transfer Day.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, $3.7-billion Patelco Credit Union is still seeing a “Bank Transfer Day Effect” long after the actual day itself.

NuMark CU was a big booster of Bank Transfer Day, and one year later membership has increased by more than 7%, nearly double the previous year’s gains.

Matadors Community CU has seen a slight uptick in membership and deposits this year, but is attributing that growth to savvier consumers.

Another credit union has used the kissing booth strategy as a tactic to lure consumers from banks to credit unions. Fire Police City County FCU has been running a “Kiss Your Bank Goodbye” campaign in in response to public frustration over fees at the big banks.

The $7.9-billion The Golden 1 CU has been welcoming 6,000 new members each month in 2012, which CEO Donna Bland said is a marked improvement from the 2,000 to 3,000 it used to see each month.

One year later, Bank Transfer Day is alive and kicking in South Carolina, where CUs across the state are using “Every Day is Bank Transfer Day” as a membership rallying cry.

Membership growth at $10.5-billion BECU has been up 10% to 12% year-over-year for each of the first nine months of 2012.

Affinity Plus FCU was already several months into a “Ditch Your Bank” campaign when Bank Transfer Day hit, and the event helped augment what was already robust growth.

After doing “a pretty big blitz” on Bank Transfer Day the first time around, 66 FCU here is hoping for a repeat performance this November.

Heritage CU Marketing Director Cindy Schrader ventured to Belarus to share her marketing expertise as a member of the World Council of CUs’ Global Women’s Leadership Network.

Credit unions need to think of themselves as retailers.

As credit unions increasingly are turning to mortgages to boost their loan portfolios, three CEOs said real estate lending is a key factor in their success.

NEW YORK -- A federal judge this afternoon waved off objections of thousands of merchants groups and granted preliminary aproval to the $7.2 billion antitrust settlement from Visa, MasterCard and a handul of big banks.

BETHESDA, Md. – Navy FCU is opening a new branch tomorrow at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, adjacent to the new 150,000 square-foot Navy Exchange shopping mall on Wisconsin Ave., and a stone’s throw from the Washington D.C., border.

REXBURG, Idaho – A man armed with an assault rifle forced employees of East Idaho CU into the vault, then proceeded to clean out the cash before escaping in a dark blue sedan Wednesday afternoon just before closing.

NAPLES, Fla. – ACI Worldwide, provider of back office services to credit unions and banks, reported a third quarter net of $5.7 million, down from $10.5 million for the same period last year.