The latest from John Pettit

- by Melanie Waddell, CU Times

FBI sees big rise in internet crime complaints, losses

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime and Complaint Center received 50,000 more complaints in 2018 (351,936) than in 2017 (301,580), with losses from those complaints ...

- by Josh Siegel, The Financial Brand

4 myths preventing more fintech+banking partnerships

Challenges with partnerships between fintechs and traditional banks and credit unions are understandable in a world where a financial institution tries to forge a partnership with a fintech from scratch, ...

- by John Buzzard, CUES Skybox

Don’t just tell members to pack their lunches

The concept of perpetuating awareness about the importance of financial literacy education and the consequences of not understanding personal finances was boosted when in 2004 the U.S. Congress designated ...

- by Keith Monson, CSI

Sifting through the CECL noise

The Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) standard has been a contentious subject since the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued it in 2016. Recently, the debate has heated up with ...

- by Ellen Brown, YES! Magazine

The public banking revolution is upon us

As public banking gains momentum across the country, policymakers in California and Washington state are vying to form the nation’s second state-owned bank, following in the footsteps of the ...

- by Christy Bieber, USA Today

Should you join a credit union?

It’s important to have a financial institution you can trust to bank with. You need to have a place to park your cash, as well as a trustworthy provider ...