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Podcasts and Videos

  1. Lunch with Ed

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  2. Potential vs. Kinetic Energy

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  3. CFSI’s Compass Principles

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    The financial meltdown of the past five years has led to calls for many things: tighter regulation, new taxes, big-bank breakups, and last weekend Bank Transfer Day. But what if institutions took it upon themselves to police themselves and make financial services a little (or a lot) friendlier for consumers? In the video below, CFSI’s Ellen Seidman argues for a voluntary structure that matches up well with what credit unions already do, and might keep further regulation at bay.

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