Posted by Christopher Stevenson

NAFCU's Compliance Guy has been doing some thinking about credit union e-mail. In his recent post, Email Signatures; Das Photos, he points out that marketing done through your e-mail signature line may need to comply with Regulation Z, Truth in Savings, and NCUA's advertising requirements.

Posted by Christopher Stevenson

Filene Research Institute rolled out a brand new Web site design this week. If you haven't checked it out, take a look.

Posted by Christopher Stevenson

I don't care enough about Apple to follow the Worldwide Developers Conference. I know Steve Jobs and his colleagues make announcements about the cool stuff Apple is releasing, the press covers it relentlessly, and Apple fans swoon, but I don't follow it closely. Thank goodness for the blogosphere or I'd never have realized how important Steve Jobs' announcements were for the financial services industry. From Jim Bruene's Netbanker:

By Mary Auestad Arnold

"The values in the CU movement are absolutely right on, but I don't think you've translated them into something members understand."

So said Arkadi Kuhlmann, founder and CEO of ING DIRECT, in opening CUES Experience: Immersion Learning for Marketing, Operations and Technology Leaders, last month in Minneapolis.

Posted by Christopher Stevenson

By Kent Sugg

Posted by Christopher Stevenson

Posted by Christopher Stevenson

Posted by Christopher Stevenson

I always keep my eyes open for fun stuff for credit union folk. Luck shined upon me this week when I came across two new cool things for CUs. Larissa Walkiw, Common Wealth CU's Young & Free Alberta spokester posted the third part of her video series, The Credit Union Difference, and Brent Dixon has developed a new game. Enjoy the video and Brent's Co-op Crusader game.

Posted by Lisa Hochgraf

On Tuesday I had an excuse to talk with Gene Blishen--and what a pleasure.