Wedding-Cashers: NIFCU Shares Experiences Since Developing Account For Newlyweds.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- In the past 24 months, five-million weddings in the United States represented $120 billion spent on ceremonies, receptions, rings and honeymoons.

But are credit unions getting a piece of the Happily Ever After?

That was the question posed by two representatives of San Diego- based North Island Credit Union, Geri Dillingham, EVP/COO, and Kelli Cole, VP-marketing.

Dillingham and Cole told the CUES' NEXUS conference that life-cycle events-weddings, births, graduations and retirement - are the key to member satisfaction and lifetime relationships. Dillingham said the wedding event is a particularly good time to get people to join a credit union, as they not only are prime borrowers, they are willing to listen to financial …