Archive for Web

Spokane Teachers New Website

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 off very effectively. They’re doing [...]

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Google Groups or cu2cu?

So I was using Google Groups to attempt to help me solve a problem this afternoon and decided to see there was a credit union group on there. Surprise, there is not. Mainly just people venting frustrations. Anyone else noticed this? Is there a demand? Cu2CU is doing the same thing, they just aren’t getting [...]

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how much are you worth?

What do you get when you cross MySpace with your CU statements? You get NetworthIQ, who is bringing social networking to your finances. Joe Web Surfer can log in and put down his or her generic asset/liability situation and track their own net worth over time AND compare their net worth to others in their [...]

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EBay not getting along with Google

Earlier this week, Google released the new Google Checkout program. (checkout.google.com) The tagline: “Find it with Google. Buy it with Google Checkout.” It works with their AdWords product and seems to be positioned fairly well for some growth. In addition, AdWords customers get a discounted rate on transaction costs. For every dollar a seller spends [...]

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e-checking

Fueled by the conversation with Trey and Matt today, e-checking accounts have been weighing heavily on my mind as another opportunity for CU’s. Paperless checking, e-checking, whatever the branding is, CU’s need to have an account that meets the needs of that particular segment. We had a brainstorming session today about our currently liquidity position, [...]

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High Yielding Savings Accounts

A must read about high yielding online saving accounts… http://www.creditunions.com/resources/press/pressreleases/40116/Internet%20Strat%20Consortium%20062606.doc So are credit unions ready to go? Can we open accounts, completely, online with no human interaction? Can we afford to pay for these high-yielding, online only accounts?

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3D Modeling and GIS

With Microsoft and Google investing more and more money into mapping technologies, GIS and 3D modeling is become easier and easier. I’d like to see a CU take Google’s Sketch-Up tool (http://sketchup.google.com/) and build their branches. You can input your 3D model into Google Earth and have people “fly to” your branch on your website. [...]

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Focus Groups

I’ve heard it said before that blogging is the new focus group, and I believe it now. I just sat through a focus group for a product development project we’re working on and received very valuable feedback. I received so much in fact that I’d love to be able to do a monthly city hall [...]

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