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This is my favorite part of the summer. After months of nothing but basketball and baseball, football is back! NFL training camps are in full swing and last night marked…

A strong leader can change a company's culture and drive its success. A true leader inspires and develops others, which, in turn, causes them to willingly follow their lead. "Effective…

TheEconomic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act(SB 2155), among other regulatory relief provisions, amended the 2015 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act to provide partial exemptions from the collection and reporting…

This year has been a “wildly successful year in credit union advocacy,” CUNA Chief Advocacy Officer Ryan Donovan said, and during the August recess credit unions have a great opportunity…

The NCUA Board on Thursday voted to maintain federal credit unions' current interest rate ceiling at 18 percent. NAFCU encouraged the board to consider increasing the interest rate ceiling or,…

For many businesses, including credit unions, the summer season can have more downtime than the rest of the year—financial matters are often pushed aside to be readdressed in the fall…

Our Campaign for Common-Sense Regulation had one goal: Deliver real regulatory relief for credit unions. By now, you know we succeeded. On May 24, President Donald Trump signed into law…

Brandon Michaels was only 32 years old when he was appointed president/CEO of Mazuma Credit Union in 2012, and was one of the first from the millennial generation to lead…

Great banking relationships are a lot like a healthy marriage. That may seem an odd statement to make, but these two types of relationships are more similar than you may…

Phishing scams, data breaches, hacks and physical theft are just a few of the techniques cybercriminals use to steal consumers’ private information. Synthetic identity fraud is one type of fraud…

Back in my old journalism days, a crotchety, pipe-wielding, testy newspaper publisher once asked the team why we were in business. To break news? Nope. To ensure a well-informed citizenry?…

Q: Thanks for taking the time to join us today, Steve. Can you describe your role as Chief Economist for CUNA Mutual Group? What sorts of factors and indicators are…

Yesterday’s announcement by the OCC that it will begin accepting FinTech Bank charter applications is as big a development for banking as passage of the Riegle-Neal Act in 1994 which…

The next CUNA Business Lending Roundtable will be held Jan. 29-30, 2019, in San Diego. This discussion-based event will cover a wide array of current and upcoming developments and issues…

The NCUA Board today will consider NAFCU's proposal to delay the agency's risk-based capital (RBC) rule. NAFCU has long supported and led efforts to delay the RBC rule so it…

Despite news reports that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will start pilot programs for chattel manufactured home loans, don’t look for a big move by them any time soon in…

New Hampshire’s largest credit union is not saying why its former CEO/president David Van Rossum is no longer working at the $3.3 billion Service Credit Union in Portsmouth. Exactly two…

“… credit unions are no longer flying under the radar – credit unions are targets of cybercriminal activity.” – Larry Fazio, Deputy Executive Director, NCUA The increased use of mobile…

With the aging of the baby boomers, we are seeing a tidal wave of credit union CEO retirements. Despite seeing great progress in the credit union movement, we find that…

Cue the Mission Impossible theme song. One of the blockbuster movies this summer is Mission Impossible: Fallout. If you haven’t seen it yet, get to a theatre near you for…

“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” I’m sure we’ve all heard it before. The old saying simply describes how difficult it can be to change someone’s established behaviors.…

Digital transformation is the new buzz phrase across many industries, including financial services. And while optimizing consumers’ experience should be the focus of digital transformation, a successful strategy isn’t one-size-fits-all.…

Major merchant data breaches continue to put millions of consumers at risk, CUNA and other financial trade organizations wrote in a joint letter Tuesday. The joint letter was sent to…

Sharing many ideas put forward by NAFCU, the Treasury Department on Tuesday released a report detailing ways that Congress and regulators could aid the growth of fintech companies. Also yesterday,…