October 7, 2008

Here are recent stories of interest from around the web.
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Taking the Initiative: Credit unions don’t wait for leagues to run ’soundness’ ads

Wanton Wants: Americans’ addiction to borrowing root of crisis

Allegedly Expensive: BofA’s Countrywide settles fraud case for $8.4 billion

Post-Bailout: Financial brands twist in the wind

Carpe Diem: Wall St. woes create opportunities for a new level of dialogue

Fail! 75% of online banking sites can be hacked

What Can I Say? Advice to financial brand marketers

Meltdown Fallout: How the crisis morphs the online banking landscape

Denial: People think banks are bad, but “Not my bank!”

Pre-PR: EON Bank suggests a name change is on the horizon

Buck the Norm: A brazen Gen-Y promo for credit unions

U Can: An empowering campaign from an African bank

Squat: Cybersquat your own names and thwart crisis-phishing scammers

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• News briefs for January
• Snapshots and misc. stories of interest
• Headlines, snapshots and misc. stories of interest
• Stories worth sharing – September 29, 2008

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