Americans’ love/hate relationship with money
Mocking those with money is a popular pastime. The rich are an easy target. There are relatively few of them — the much vilified 1% — often stereotyped as greedy, corrupt, amoral — ...
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Nussle talks advocacy, advancement with Australian CUs
CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle addressed global credit union peers Thursday during World Council of Credit Unions’ Australian Credit Union Study Trip. His keynote address at a CEO/Director meeting ...
Consumers need protection from big banks, NAFCU says
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Wednesday with members questioning CEOs of some of the world’s largest banks on current capital levels, employee pay and their involvement ...
CFO Focus: How to boost your credit union’s non-interest income
Credit unions are relying more on non-interest income to grow. Over the past 10 years, non-interest income as a percentage of gross income has risen from 19% in 2008 to ...
Student lending crisis winner: Olive Garden
In a span of a few years between the mid-70s and early-80s, our family went from upper-middle class to simply put, poor. Growing up in northwest Arkansas, at the edge ...
Credit union industry at-a-glance (4Q18)
2018 was a great year for credit unions nationwide. On the back of a strong economy, with GDP up 2.8% over the year and unemployment levels at record lows, ...
In banking, big data is great . . . but right data is better
Today’s consumers have more options than ever before, so they expect the financial service providers that they’ve selected to truly know them. On the other hand, consumers worry ...
Vendor Performance: The metric you can’t afford to overlook
With some service providers, it’s easy to measure success. They perform a one-time job and collect an agreed-upon fee when the problem is solved, or the project is complete. ...