Seven credit union executives honored
In a ceremony held this week at the annual CEO/Executive Team Network™ in Amelia Island, Florida, CUES celebrated the contributions and achievements of seven credit union executives. Sterling Nielsen, ...
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How to be a hero
What does it mean to be a hero? Many people believe heroes are ordinary people who do extraordinary things, says Kevin Brown, a motivational speaker who addressed the 2019 CUNA ...
Former credit union VP sentenced for $3 million embezzlement
A Kentucky federal judge sentenced former credit union executive Josephine M. Crowe Monday to 11 years in prison for stealing more than $3 million from the Louisville Metro Police Officer’...
CUs in wildfire region coping with change
The forest fires, the evacuations and now the increase in frequency and reach of the rolling blackouts has made life—and running a credit union—in Northern California “extremely complicated,” ...
Millennials and Gen Z don’t know what credit unions are
Okay, let’s start this out with a major caveat: Most young people don’t have a good understanding of the financial world. Ask them to tell you what APR ...
Lake Trust builds big dreams with microloans
Lake Trust Credit Union ($1.9B, Brighton, MI) dove into member business lending not long after its creation through a merger of equals in 2010. Since then, the cooperative has ...
Overdraft class action litigation trend continues
NAFCU continues to hear from credit unions who have either received a demand letter or notice of a complaint filed relative to overdraft and insufficient funds fees (NSF). We have ...
Completing BankSafe training saves consumers, FIs nearly $1M
AARP released a study this month on the impact of training financial professionals to prevent financial exploitation. AARP collaborated with CUNA to launch the BankSafe program in May, designed to ...