A Reminder of the Importance of Switch Kits

By Lisa Hochgraf


Last week on vacation in Tallahassee, my brother-in-law read an article about the value and power of cooperatives. He got to thinking--and to talking to me--about the idea of switching from his shareholder-owned bank to a member-owned financial institution--a credit union.


Of course I was all for it, but my sister introduced the reality of the situation. "Are you going to manage all the details of such a change?" she asked her husband. "Bill pay, cards, and direct deposit are all associated with that account."

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Opportunity Lost

Posted by Ron Jooss


I fell behind on my trade pub reading, but recently over my oatmeal I read about California credit unions accepting state government IOUs and, just as importantly, banks not accepting them. I had heard about this before, but not until I read the article did I realize what a great opportunity this was for credit unions—all credit unions.

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