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When Sunday afternoon rolls around, are you excited, hesitant, or flat-out anxious when you think about your upcoming work week? What if you and your co-workers were all ecstatic—like, jump…

Hi, Compliance Friends! It's already March, so we are busy preparing for our semi-annual Regulatory Compliance School. Every year NCUA publishes its annualsupervisory priorities. Amongst this year's priorities, the NCUA…

Today's fraud challenges are emerging in real time at the hands of more sophisticated criminals. That puts financial institutions in a tough position, tasked with devoting more time and resources…

Inspiring and motivating others is the most difficult leadership competency to develop, according toresults taken from more than 87,000 leaders. Why is this component of leadership, which is completely necessary,…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed cloture on the motion to proceed with the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) Thursday, moving the bill closer to…

NAFCU senior staff met Thursday with the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Disability Rights Section to discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the need for clear guidance and standards…

Credit unions can't serve members in a one-size-fits-all fashion. “We cannot treat every single person we interact with the same way,” Jim Morrell, president/CEO of $179 million asset Peninsula Credit…

The U.S. government is hammering home the message to Wall Street banks that it’s okay to dial up the risk when lending to companies. Two regulators, including Federal Reserve Chairman…

2017 might be remembered as the year cryptocurrency went mainstream. The price of Bitcoin fluctuated wildly from over $17,000 down to below $10,000, several financial institutions and tech giants announced…

Geezeo CEO Shawn Ward is heading to Nashville, TN to the NAFCU Strategic Growth Conference where he’ll be presenting as well as moderating a panel discussion with Adele Glenn from…

It wasn’t that she wanted to have a greater leadership profile just for the sake of it, says CUES member Kim Sponem, president/CEO of $2.9 billion Summit Credit Union, Madison,…

Google defines social engineering as “the use of deception to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes.” Online scams and phishing attempts…

Autumn isn’t the only season for strategic planning sessions – every year more banks and credit unions opt to hold their sessions at different times of the year. Regardless of…

After wrapping up with Wednesday’s morning session at CUNA’s Governmental Affairs Conference, more then 5,200 credit union leaders in attendance headed to Capitol Hill for meetings with their legislators. Among…

NAFCU member credit unions have until Friday to submit their entries for the association’s 2018 Annual Awards Competition, which recognizes association member credit unions, professionals and volunteers for their dedication…

About a year ago, I wrote a piece entitled “Make this Year a Success”.I hope 2017 was a successful year, one where you were able to grow both personally and…

A gauge of contracts to purchase previously-owned U.S. homes unexpectedly declined in January to a more than three-year low, reflecting a shortage of inventories andrising mortgage rates, according to data…

Last night, Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin had some rather interesting things to say about inflation: “There are a lot of ways to have the economy grow. You can…

Each year, technology makes the world more complex for people to understand. So, easy-to-use services and applications are in particularly high demand. Due to the nature of the human mind,…

With the recent release of itsfive-year strategic plan, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) leadership has reinforced the Bureau’s plan “to fulfill its statutory responsibilities, but go no further,” according to…

Last week, I had the pleasure of going through the CFPB's credit card agreement database to find my creditor's credit card agreement. This research project was not just for fun……

With the increased use of mobile banking apps, cybersecurity has quickly come to the forefront as an imperative measure to guard against hacking and fraud. In a recent study, researchers…

Self-proclaimed “credit union nerd” Maurice Smith addressed the CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) Tuesday for the first time as CUNA board chairman. Smith, president/CEO of Local Government Federal Credit Union,…

NAFCU’s 2018 board election cycle is now open with five director positions available – three at-large positions and one position each for Regions I and II. All incumbents have indicated…