SAN DIEGO - Member loyalty is nice to talk about but increasingly those same loyal members expect to be rewarded.

SAN DIEGO - There are a number of strategies available to CUs to cardholder loyalty, according to Kent Potterton of PSCU Financial Services.

ORLANDO - Neil Goldman also had these observations during Grow Show:

ORLANDO, Fla. - There’s been a tremendous power shift and the more quickly credit unions can adapt to that shift, the better off they will be.

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ORLANDO, Fla. - There was a lot of idea swapping going on at the Grow Show this year. Among the ideas shared:

ORLANDO, Fla. - While offering metrics on how to measure and manage growth to attendees at CU Journal’s Grow Show, John Dolan-Heitlinger said something else has to be understood first.

TAMPA, Fla. - Suncoast Schools FCU’s Tom Dorety was elected chairman of the CUNA Board in March. Credit Union Journal caught up with the busy CUNA leader and CEO of the $6-billion Tampa, Fla. credit union to talk about his plans for the trade association and challenges facing credit unions.

ORLANDO, Fla. - FORUM CU has put its money where its members’ mouths are.

ORLANDO, Fla. - With credit unions disappearing at a rate of one a day, it’s high time the industry put the “co-op” back into the cooperative movement, according to one expert who suggested collaboration is the key to continuing healthy growth.

Credit Union City State $Amt: Total $Amt: Total Change (%)

Study: Debit Transactions Grow 14.4% In 2007

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve reports that more banks are tightening lending standards on home mortgages, consumer loans, and business loans in response to a spreading credit crisis. The Fed said the percentage of banks reporting tighter lending standards was near historic highs for nearly all loan categories.

DENVER - Credit Union Strategic Partners here has aligned with FoolProof Financial Education Systems to offer financial education and literacy programs to CUs nationwide, including smaller CUs.

NEW YORK - Discover Financial Services has redesigned its Discover Card Account Center to “provide cardmembers with a more complete snapshot of their account and the ability to create smart links to their most used account functions,” according to the company. “It also provides a clearer picture of the cardmember’s rewards progress, as well as important news and customized offers.” Additions to the site include:

HARRISBURG, Penn. - Pennsylvania Secretary of Banking Steve Kaplan joined New York Banking Department Superintendent Richard Neiman and New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Steven Goldman to sign an agreement that will make it easier for Pennsylvania banks to operate across state lines.

Maryland State Employees CU Goes Mobile

ALBANY, N.Y. - Nearly 80 community-based lenders, bankers, advocates, regulators and legislators gathered for the first-ever New York Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) Statewide Conference, organized by the National Federation of Community Development CUs.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - CO-OP Financial Services yesterday said members of its credit unions can make deposits at 2,200 self-service financial kiosks in 7-Eleven convenience stores.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Data security legislation backed by the California Credit Union League unanimously passed the California State Assembly by a 75-0, bipartisan vote.