Credit Union National Association

Wells Fargo and Other Megabanks Don't Care About Your Business

Jake Blumgart | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Move Your Money, Move Your Money Campaign, Dodd-Frank, Felix Salmon, Credit-Union-National-Association, Mike Konczal, Credit Unions, Business News
Jake Blumgart

If moving your money to a credit union won't make Bank of America or Wells Fargo small enough to fail, it is a rational consumer decision. Making the switch may not be a revolutionary act, but it will certainly make your life easier.

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Digging Below the Surface of Membership Growth at Credit Unions

Bill Cheney | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Bank Transfer Day, Bank Fees, Credit Unions, Credit Union National Association, Money News
Bill Cheney

More than 1.3 million people joined credit unions in 2011. The gain is strong evidence that consumers are fed up with high bank fees and are leaving in large numbers for credit unions. But when you dig a bit deeper into the numbers, the results are even more significant.

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Big Banks Slated To Lose Billions In Customer Cash Over Next Year: Report

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Video, Credit-Union-National-Association, Bank-News, Bank Transfer Day, Business News, Bank Profits, Big Banks, Debit Card Fees, Credit Unions, Bank of America Debit Card Fees, Business News

Big bank interest in netting a profit on the backs of customers may end up backfiring. The top 10 retail banks are projected to lose $185 billion ...

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Tens Of Thousands Joined Credit Unions On Bank Transfer Day

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.09.2012

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Tens of thousands of Americans joined credit unions on Saturday, as the Bank Transfer Day movement encouraged consumers to move their money out of big...

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Transferring Power: Or, Why I Pulled My Head Out of the Sand and Switched to a Credit Union

Melissa Arjona | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Move Your Money, Wells Fargo, Credit Union National Association, Credit Unions, Bank Transfer Day, Bank of America, Postbourgie, Debit Card Fees, Black Voices News
Melissa Arjona

Switching to a credit union is one of the easiest and most sustainable forms of protest, and one of the most effective ways to shift the (im)balance of power.

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Bank Transfer Day: The Start of Something Great

Bill Cheney | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Bank of America, Debit Fees, Credit-Union-National-Association, Debit Card Fees, Credit Unions, Bank Transfer Day, Business News
Bill Cheney

Consumers are upset about bank fees. They have also been intrigued by "Bank Transfer Day," another reason our credit unions are telling us new members are coming in the door. These new members have made the right choice, because they can now start saving.

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Credit Unions Back In The Spotlight After BofA Debit Fee Hike

AP | By CANDICE CHOI | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Mortgages, Debit Card, Video, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Bank of America, Banks, bankrate.com, Credit Union National Association, Facebook, Navy Federal Credit Union, Credit Unions, Business News

NEW YORK -- Credit unions are basking in the spotlight again. Whenever a big bank rolls out a controversial fee, customers start fuming about taking ...

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Sony Data Breach: Another Case for Interchange Delay

Bill Cheney | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Banks, Interchange Fees, Merchants, Jon Tester, Sen. Bob Corker, Credit-Union-National-Association, Sony, Credit Unions, Sony Data Breach, Sony Playstation Network Hacked, Credit Union Interchange Fees, Sony Playstation, Business News
Bill Cheney

When all is said and done, credit unions and banks will have spent millions on what appears to be a major security failure caused by Sony's inability to protect its consumer data.

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Debit Interchange: Those Who Can Least Afford It Will Be Hurt Most

Bill Cheney | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Credit-Union-National-Association, Cuna, Debit Card Fees, Credit Unions, Debit Interchange, Debit Card Regulation, Debit Cards, Debit Card Interchange, Business News
Bill Cheney

Attempting to narrowly cast debit interchange as some type of deserved comeuppance for Wall Street banks misses a much broader and consumer-oriented picture.

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New Interchange Rules for Debit Cards: A Perceived 'Win' Is Really a Loss

Bill Cheney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interchange Fees, Bill-Cheney, Credit-Union-National-Association, Business News
Bill Cheney

The coming changes to the debit card interchange rules, esoteric though they may be, are going to have real and negative consequences that will unfortunately hit consumers directly in the pocketbook.

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Credit And Debit Card Swipe Fees: Who Should Pay?

DailyFinance | CHARLES WALLACE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mastercard, Visa, Credit-Union-National-Association, Financial Crisis, Senator Richard Durbin, Banks, Credit Cards, J.D. Carpenter, Debit Cards, Credit Card Fees, Business News

When you go into a convenience store, should you be able to get a discount for using a debit card instead of a credit card? Should a store owner be al...

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Julian Hattem

Move Your Money: Where Populist Fervor Meets Friendly Faces

HuffingtonPost.com | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dan Mica, Cuna, Move Your Money, Move Your Money Campaign, Huffington Move Your Money, Credit Union National Association, Credit Unions, Business News

Huge bonuses to bank executives, casino-style financial practices and millions of unreturned stimulus dollars have made many consumers angry at the na...

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