Article: Stepping Up Revenue; How Citadel Shakes IT's Money Maker.(Technology)

Byline: Kevin Jepson, Technology Correspondent

THORNDALE, Penn.-Citadel FCU here is making more money off a broader chunk of its membership-and keeping 75% of its members "extremely satisfied" despite the nation's economic crisis.

A profitability solution that identifies member behavior is helping Citadel rely on a larger percentage of its membership in order to make money: in 2005, before using the technology, 20% of Citadel members supported 120% of the CU's profitability, whereas now those members are responsible for ensuring 70%, according to Mike Schnably, SVP of Citadel.

That's because Citadel uses "carrots"-such as rewards for using a ...

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