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		<title>THINK 2012: Credit Unions Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“That best portion of a good man’s life; his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.” – William Wordsworth
The annual THINK conference was created to advance the credit union movement by engaging credit union employees with big ideas, network with like-minded people and gain some perspective on future challenges and opportunities.
The most rewarding part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THINK 2012: FIVE COMMON THEMES IN BOCA RATON</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To sum up the THINK 12 Conference, five common themes emerged from the Baton Raton event:
THINK True
Culture is the sum of beliefs and values that shape norms of behavior and dictate the ways things get done. There are several continuums that help define an organization’s culture. Is your credit union driven by results and achievements, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://co-opinsightvault.com/2012/05/think-2012-five-common-themes-in-boca-raton/</link>
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		<title>THINK 2012: CO-OP NextGen ATM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Expand the transaction set available at your ATMs and leverage your existing terminals to free up your tellers and drive more revenue. Dr. Kathy Herziger-Snider, Vice President, Product Development, CO-OP, and Alan Falconer, Executive Director, Electronic Transaction Advisors, explored the genesis of this game-changing technology.
The self-service model has evolved over time and has become very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://co-opinsightvault.com/2012/05/think-2012-co-op-nextgen-atm/</link>
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		<title>THINK 2012: Payment Industry Trends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Caroline Lane, SVP Business Development and Marketing, CO-OP, and Dr. Kathy Herziger-Snider, VP Product Development, CO-OP, covered the latest payment trends, and discussed how CO-OP is responding with tools and council to help credit unions compete and win.
Heating up the EMV Conversation
The terms EMV and chip are often used interchangeably. EMV is an open-standard set [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://co-opinsightvault.com/2012/05/think-2012-payment-industry-trends/</link>
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		<title>THINK 2012: CO-OP Shared Branching Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the morning impact session, Sarah Canepa Bang, President and COO, FSCC, and Craig Beach, President and COO, CUSC, discussed what the merger of FSCC and CO-OP Shared Branching means for credit unions and the movement.
Shared branching has been called one of the greatest expressions of the cooperative spirit of the credit union movement. That’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://co-opinsightvault.com/2012/05/think-2012-co-op-shared-branching-update/</link>
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		<title>THINK 2012: Credit Card Portfolio Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The April 30 impact session “Stats &#8211; Not Just for Baseball. Credit Card Portfolio Management: Knowing What’s Important” provided many answers for credit unions on how to expand their credit card programs and customer base.
The session was hosted by Jennifer Kerry, Vice President, Credit Issuer Processing, CO-OP Financial Services. Discussion participants included Ondine Irving (Owner, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://co-opinsightvault.com/2012/04/think-2012-credit-card-portfolio-management/</link>
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		<title>THINK 2012: Of You. For You.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the 2012 THINK conference in Baton Raton, Fla., Stan Hollen, President/CEO of CO-OP Financial Services, shared the company’s 2011 highlights during the annual shareholder meeting.
CO-OP Financial Services and FSCC Combine

Unifies shared branching operations
Blends strength and value
Over 1,750 participating credit unions
Over 4,500 physical branch locations
Plus 2,200 Vcom kiosks in 7-Eleven stores

Benefits: Greater efficiencies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://co-opinsightvault.com/2012/04/think-2012-of-you-for-you/</link>
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		<title>THINK 2012: Taking Big Ideas to the Next Level</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’re living in disruptive times, especially when it comes to retail financial services. The arrival of the Internet has changed forever the way members connect with their credit union and deal with their money. New technologies have given people the opportunity to access their money as they wish, when they wish. The digital age has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://co-opinsightvault.com/2012/04/think-2012-taking-big-ideas-to-the-next-level/</link>
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		<title>A New Site for Growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CO-OP Financial Services has launched a new site dedicated to helping credit unions grow their institutions with access to the cutting-edge, thought-provoking information needed to break through and become more profitable, meaningful and dynamic. The site was inspired by our conversations with credit union leaders, who have been challenged by the economic and regulatory environment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://co-opinsightvault.com/2011/09/a-new-site-for-growth/</link>
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		<title>CO-OP Comments on Fed Rules Announcement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We believe the credit union movement received good news on June 29 when the Federal Reserve Board announced its rules covering debit card interchange fees, and routing and exclusivity restrictions.
For credit unions with under $10 billion in assets, your interchange rates are likely to show little or no decline for the remainder of 2011. For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://co-opinsightvault.com/2011/07/co-op-comments-on-fed-rules-announcement/</link>
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