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2018 is shaping up to be a slower year for auto sales and lending after two years of record-setting sales. Interest rates are increasing, and while those increases aren’t jaw-dropping,…

While traveling through Oklahoma recently, I made a quick stop at Braum’s, a regional ice cream and fast food establishment. I ordered the standard combo meal and was caught off…

Duena Blomstromis an independent digital and customer experience (CX) consultant, industry specialist, an entrepreneur and Angel Investor. She has been a mentor forStartupbootcampandTechstars, the founder ofFinWinners, a coaching consultancy for…

Baseball is back! In case you missed it, the Cubs did open the season with a bang. The Cubs lead-off hitter Ian Happ launched the first pitch of the season…

Card-cracking, also called card-popping, is one of the fastest growing forms of card fraud that no one’s heard of, and its hitting credit unions. Card cracking takes on many forms,…

Credit unions are not included in a Treasury report released Tuesday on recommendations to reform the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The CRA applies to financial institutions insured by the Federal…

In the past week, NAFCU filed its sixth and seventh amicus briefs in support of credit unions facing litigation over unclear website accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act…

In this bigger-is-better world, sometimes it’s beneficial to remember the small(er) things credit unions can do to help their members. Mortgages are a major source of income for financial institutions,…

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) now requires separate reporting of any late rollover contributions self-certified by an individual retirement account (IRA) owner on Form 5498, IRA Contribution Information. The new…

In a down-and-outCanadian town, Bruce Linton dreamed of transforming an abandoned Hershey Co. chocolate plant into the Next Big Thing, a medical marijuana factory. But the pot entrepreneur faced a…

In the face of ongoing legal threats, credit unions are spending money to make adjustments to their websites so as to make them more accessible to those with disabilities and…

Why do credit unions want to compete in the small business banking landscape? For one, the average credit union business loan size ($290,000) is larger than the average consumer loan…

Although Millennials may not be settling down in the suburbs in their 20s like the last two generations before them, they still want to pursue the American dream of homeownership.…

Are you constantly competing with others over your schedule? Do you feel inundated by a barrage of interruptions and distractions each day that leaves you feeling as if you worked…

The credit union set out to achieve some aggressive goals with its $1,500 grant and has made significant progress on each of them. Several of the cooperative’s goals revolve around…

Every year credit union leaders and volunteers gather with the best of intentions, hoping to discuss where they’ve been, where they are, and where they’re going. The ultimate goal of…

CUNA Senior Director of Advocacy and Counsel Leah Dempsey appeared on the Brownstein Client Conversations podcast Monday to discuss the state of frivolous lawsuits hitting credit unions due to uncertainty…

Millions of shoppers' payment card information used at Saks and Lord & Taylor department stores was compromised in a recently confirmed data breach. The hackers, who reportedly began stealing card…

According to a study from Kronos Incorporated, onboarding is a critical weakness for a majority of organizations, a weakness that stalls new hire momentum and threatens to disengage enthusiastic employees…

During my first year at CUNA, I was meeting as many credit union people as possible and introducing myself to the movement. One of the messages I heard over and…

Most agency heads don’t tell Congress that their agencies are far too powerful. But then, there’s Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the CFPB. He has said that he has no…

When people think of marketing campaigns, they often jump to the flashy advertisement at the very end of the process.In reality, putting together a successful promotion at your credit union…

With a new year comes new resolutions, disruptors and trends. This will especially ring true in the payments space, which boasts one of the biggest growth markets in the world:…

NAFCU's Compliance Team is often asked if a particular NCUA legal opinion is still valid guidance or how to determine if an opinion has been superseded. NCUA's website, on itsRules…