Thursday, October 20, 2011

Credit Union Times: Bank Transfer Day Continues Facebook Runup

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Bank Transfer Day Continues Facebook Runup

Credit Union Times

http://www.cutimes.com/2011/10/17/bank-transfer-day-continues-facebook-runup

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Bank Transfer Day Continues Facebook Runup

BY JIM RUBENSTEIN

Kristen Christian, the Los Angeles art dealer who thought up Bank Transfer Day and tied it to Guy Fawkes Day.

The Bank Transfer Day phenomenon popping up all over the media – mainstream and social – took some new turns Monday.

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Credit unions in Ohio, South Carolina and Pennsylvania also have said they’re working to take advantage of the new wave of anti-bank sentiment.

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As it turns out, Coasthills is one of two California CUs of choice for the now “credit union face” of Bank Transfer Day, Kristen Christian, the Los Angeles art dealer who created the original Facebook page about Bank Transfer Day a couple weeks ago and decided on Nov. 5 – Guy Fawkes Day in England – as the day.

Christian, who said she created the site out of her frustration at Bank of America’s new$5 monthly debit fee – reiterated Monday that she is not out for personal gain or notoriety but is a willing advocate for CUs “because of what they do and what they represent.”

Christian told Credit Union Times she has conducted “many interviews over the phone with radio station reporters from Texas and everywhere and now I have something on CNN with Don Lemon.”

.... http://www.cutimes.com/2011/10/17/bank-transfer-day-continues-facebook-runup

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