Archive for the ‘FI Info’ Category

Credit Union Fee Sensationalism

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

In the Wheaties for you Wallet link list for yesterday I noticed something from Jesse Robbins, the prominent voice of Black Rock Federal.  While I applaud Jesse for attempting to make the already public CU data more readily available (the NCUA site is not consumer friendly), it shows the top ...

America First CU & CU Give

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

I ran across America First CU today and they seem to know what's going on. It is one of the better looking CU websites I've seen lately (although html and css don't validate) and the navigation is super easy. They use flash excellently and their ads look amazing. ...

B of A fees

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

How much did B of A make in non-interest (fee income) in the Q3 2006?$10 Billion dollars.Net interest income???$8.5 BillionHere is B of A's Earnings Statement.Hopefully not too much of our members' money is going there!

Spokane Teachers New Website

Monday, October 9th, 2006

I don't know how long it's been up, but I really like STCU's new homepage. It's clean, has an online membership app, RSS feeds for the member classifieds, and a huge FAQ section that covers just about everything. STCU recently went through a re-branding effort and they are pulling it ...

ING’s Growth

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

"Backed up by a locally focused marketing strategy, the company's approach has been ratified by the market. ING DIRECT’s deposits grew by 39 percent in 2005, 78 percent in 2004, and 74 percent in 2003. Indeed, among a 100-institution peer group, ING DIRECT had the second-highest rate of deposit growth ...