By Mary Arnold

By Lisa Hochgraf

Since I wrote "Going Green Promotes Positive Press and a Positive Impression," I've come across several more credit unions that impressed me with their environmentally friendly innovations.

Posted by Lisa Hochgraf

Just in from CUES Tech Port: $1.5 billion CommunityAmerica Credit Union, Lenexa, Kans., has developed a way to get surcharge-free ATM location information into members' hand-held global positioning systems.

Posted by Lisa Hochgraf

I wrote my post "Card Fraud is a Two-Way Street, or Is It?" right after a Dallas taxi driver told me he and his company regularly lost money on credit card payments because they didn't have a way to process transcations "live." In that post, I called on credit unions to help members and small-business owners alike by providing such services.

Posted by Lisa Hochgraf

Yesterday $1.3 billion Technology Credit Union, San Jose, Calif., announced to the press its "Community Change Project: What Would You Change with $1,000?" It's really pretty cool.

Posted by Christopher Stevenson

It's no secret that many consumers don't understand the difference between banks and credit unions. Folks just don't get it. Unfortunately, credit union marketers and associations can talk until they're blue in the face about the benefits of credit unions' not-for-profit status, member ownership, and better rates, but the facts still don't register with some consumers. How can the credit union industry effectively communicate the CU difference?

Posted by Christopher Stevenson

Posted by Sandy Brillowski

We’ve had a few comments so far on our Looking out for You blog … it’s been thrilling. As soon as I discover a comment, I rush in and read it. They’ve all been nice comments. But where are all the readers and how do we get them to read our blog? I think RSS is one strategy, but how many people are using RSS technology yet? It’s something to investigate.

Posted by Sandy Brilowski

Maybe it’s my imagination, but it seems that a few hours after I post an entry on Hawthorne CU's Looking out for You blog, one of my other writers posts one too. Maybe it’s a competition to be the top dog in the pile. Kind of like that game you played as a kid with everyone’s hands in a stack and the objective to move your hand to the top of the stack when it reaches the bottom.

Posted by Christopher Stevenson

Recently, a friend of mine decided he wanted to volunteer at his credit union. He understood that it wasn't a board election time and wasn't even sure he wanted to be on a CU board without a better understanding of what it entailed or how his expertise might benefit the organization, but he wanted to volunteer in some capacity.