Category: Bad Calls
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Opportunity wasted
3,383 locations through CUSC. 32,000+ ATMs through AllPoint. Gahhh, why don’t we make this one of our most prominent messages? Perceived lack of access is what holds a lot of people back from viewing credit unions as a viable bank alternative. Another problem: I have to know zip code and address to find one; puh-lease.…
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Tales… from… Car… Shopping
(Headline to be read in your best Joel McHale voice.) Brad and his family searched for a new car last weekend. Brad went to a car dealership in Humble, Texas and walked the lot with a salesperson. Brad found a car he wanted to test drive. Brad did some research on his BlackBerry during the…
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Misattributed feelings
I spoke at a presentation for the Texas Credit Union League last month. CU Times contacted me to do a story on it. That’s cool. Um, until I read the story yesterday. “Reeme, the former executive vice president of Trabian, a Plano, Tex., marketing agency, also suggested that those 60-plus-year-old directors looking at the industry’s…
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Bankwatch bashes Vancity; I disagree
I heart you, Colin, but you’re wrong on this one. Banks and Credit Unions are getting all green over the last two years, and its becoming a fad. Maybe I am getting old, so feel free to call me out on this. I was surprised to see VanCity, whom I respect using what appears to…
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Bahahaha: 52.9% of CU Times poll respondents don’t know what they’re talking about
Current results on CU Times’ latest web poll: “The United States will be check-free by: 2015 (12.1%), 2020 (19.7%), 2030 (15.3%), Never, there will always be checks. (52.9%)”
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Is Super a mediocrity-maker?
Last Friday I went on a branch visit with Brad, our director of branch administration. The farthest branch was a two hour drive away from Lake Jackson, so he had plenty of time to field my complaints about the area. My biggest grumble: “Sure, we have a Target. But it’s not a Super Target.”
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401(k) + Debit Card ≠ Peanut Butter + Jelly
Some things just don’t go together. I’d never heard of this before seeing it on Yahoo! Finance today. A spokesperson for the company offering a 401(k) debit card offers this, ahem, reasoning: “…the cards give people a sense of confidence and control, which in turn encourages otherwise reluctant people to participate in retirement programs, knowing…
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