Some of us marketers are lucky enough to have CEOs that are from Mars, but they originally came from Venus (referencing your 5-28 issue opinion that "Marketers are from Venus, CEOs are from Mars"). We have the privilege of having a CEO that loves marketing, possibly was promoted from a marketing position to CEO, or certainly was responsible for marketing in his or her past.

SHERMAN, Texas - Texoma Credit Union here has won a wardrobe makeover contest from Land's End.

At great risk, I'm about to use an oxymoron of such excess that its seems only fair right now to warn you not to read any further, as the Credit Union Journal cannot be held liable for any doctor's care that may be required. Still there? Then brace yourself for the words that will follow the colon at the end of this sentence: "fascinating security camera."

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Throughout 2007, the Credit Union Journal is profiling the credit unions of each U.S. state and D.C. Rather than appear in alphabetical order, the states are being featured in the order they became states.

MADISON, Wis. - Credit unions seeking revenue boosters during the ongoing margin squeeze need look no further than a reliable standby many have had for years but may not have paid much attention to: insurance offerings.

McLean Launches CU Blog

McLean Launches CU Blog

ABFCU Chooses Digital Dialogue

ORLANDO, Fla. - There's a piece missing for most credit unions when it comes to setting rates. In addition to ALM drivers, most credit unions also price according to their competitors-but not all competitors, according to Dr. William J. McGuire, president and CEO of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based McGuire Performance Solutions.

ITHACA, N.Y. - Even though he recently retired from the community development credit union he helped charter, Bill Myers name will live on at Alternatives FCU as an internship for young people who want to promote social and economic justice. The Bill Myers Youth Internships will help expand economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income residents, just like Myers, who helped found Alternatives 28 years ago.

MADISON, Wis. — Credit unions seeking revenue boosters during the ongoing margin squeeze need look no further than a reliable standby many have had for years but may not have paid much attention to: insurance offerings.

ORLANDO, Fla. - It's simple: rates drive deposits. Right?

PASADENA, Calif. - Wescom Credit Union expects its employees to dress for success and isn't afraid to put its money where its mouth is.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - The fact that none of the nine firemen who died last Tuesday morning in Charleston's warehouse fire were members of the South Carolina Firefighters Federal Credit Union in Columbia isn't stopping the relatively new organization from doing what it can to help the victims' families.

LAS VEGAS - Several untraditional loans, as well as at least one old standby will help credit unions looking to ramp up their lending for the rest of this year and into 2008.

WASHINGTON - The American Association of Credit Union Leagues has created a task force that will be exploring how consolidation among credit unions is affecting the state leagues.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Just months after abandoning its bid for a banking charter, Wal-Mart Stores unveiled plans last week to expand its chain of bank-like MoneyCenter financial service facilities to 1,000 of its stores by the end 2008.

DUBLIN, Ohio - As the number of credit unions continues to wane, the trade associations that serve them are having to reevaluate everything from affiliation rates, their dues structures and even their very role in the credit union movement.

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