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The Allied Angle is back for Season 2! To kick off the new year, we're talking with Allied Solutions CEO, Pete Hilger, to discuss the outlook for financial institutions in…

Are your plans in place for member communications for 2024? Whether you want a second set of eyes on the plan you’ve prepared or need to get started on your…

The first new charter in Arkansas in over a quarter of a century is the focus of a podcast. Arlo Washington is a barber, a self-made man who turned his…

Depending on where you live and what movies you’ve seen, your definition of “disaster” can range from hurricane tosharknado. In the end, the worst disaster is the one you don’t…

Credit unions will face a squeeze in 2024 that will pull down return on average assets and challenge managements through most of the year, according to the inaugural edition of…

America’s Credit Unions—as part of a coalition representing nearly 10,000 financial institutions in all 50 states—launched a newcampaignto highlight united opposition against big box bailout interchange legislation. The Electronic Payments…

Join NAFCU President & CEO Dan Berger, ahead of the transformation to America’s Credit Unions, as he looks back on his time at NAFCU, the moments that shaped his experience,…

“Financial Well-being for All is the subtle, but fundamental shift in the credit union promise to amplify what credit unions have always done better: ensuring everyone has complete, affordable access…

Hazelmae Overturf describes herself as a credit union lifer. “I'll be in credit unions in some capacity, if they’ll have me, for as long as I live,” says the director…

Americans are now getting an actualpay raise, even after accounting for inflation. Why it matters:Rising real — that is, inflation-adjusted —earningsare a basic indication of improving standards of living. Driving…

My son started his job right after he finished college, with his first real paychecks and new responsibilities including finding a place to live, financing a car and thinking about…

The global economy is moving into a new “super cycle,” with artificial intelligence and decarbonization being driving factors, according to Peter Oppenheimer, the head of macro research in Europe at…

In a move that shakes up the race for the lead Republican on the House Financial Services Committee,Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., announced last week that he will not run for…

With Congress back in Washington, D.C.,America’s Credit Unions will engage with lawmakers for the first time as a strong, united national trade association. The advocacy team will be active on…

Not since the Great Recession has financial services seen a year as eventful as 2023. Rather than focusing on the rearview mirror, let’s consider how several major developments will likely…

Financial services trade groups are warning Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra that before the bureau issues its long-awaited proposed rules governing overdrafts and non-sufficient fees, the agency must…

This week we officially broke ground on America’s Credit Unions, your united, powerful national trade association. Staff met under our new, inspiring America’s Credit Unions logo, and the days were…

TheS&P 500bounced a bit on Friday as traders tried to shake an early 2024 sell-off amid conflicting economic data. The broader index added 0.1%, while theNasdaq Compositegained 0.2%. TheDow Jones…

Many people in the credit union movement like to talk with pride about how today’s credit unions were founded on the principle of serving people “of modest means” who might…

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., announced Thursday he will not run for re-election in 2024. A member of the House Financial Services Committee since his first election to the House in…

Often, leaders see decisiveness and strength as the primary characteristics of leadership. The reality is that leadership is more complicated and nuanced than these two attributes. Among the many qualities…

The past five years have been a series of test-and-learn exercises in managing a remote workforce. At University Credit Union, we were actively planning for and beta-testing remote work before…

The Biden Administration last month took the first steps toward developing a framework for broadening access to financial services among underserved communities,asking for public commenton ways to develop a financial…

The banking industry’s record of discrimination in loans and credit has not been pretty. Repeated studies have found that Black and Latino Americans are much more likely to beunbankedorunderbankedthan white…