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Tarrant County Credit Union CEO Lily Newfarmer is a Credit Union Hero.

Interest-bearing checking accounts at banks often come with staggering minimum balance requirements.

Credit unions benefited from the bankers’ misstep on fees, garnering hundreds of thousands of new members.

CUs need to shed old mindsets and embrace sales as a way to serve members.

Checking account types with greater fee potential are on the rise, since the end of the recession, while “standalone” accounts have declined.

Raising checking account fees would cause 51% of consumers to shop around.

And when CUs do charge a monthly maintenance fee, it's about half of what banks charge, according to CUNA's Credit Union Fees Survey Report.