CU membership surpasses 116M in Q4
Membership at federally insured credit unions surpassed 116 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, adding 4.9 million members over the year. In addition, total assets grew 5.4 ...
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PR Insight: Working with Generation Z
If your credit union isn’t already thinking about how to engage with the new generation of consumers, Generation Z, it should be. According to research from Bloomberg, Gen Z ...
Former Minnesota credit union CEO charged with $2.5 million fraud
More than five years after the financial collapse of a Minnesota credit union, its former president/CEO will appear in federal court to face allegations that she stole at least $...
Once digital banking solutions, now entire ecosystems: Are you caught up?
In this age of digital disruption, when Software as a Service (SaaS) is nearly a household term, the global fintech community in particular has seen a staggering proliferation of solutions ...
Visa Views: Looking ahead at payment security
As we enter into the final month of the quarter, some people continue to work towards their New Year’s resolutions and try to commit to a change in lifestyle—...
Make it a meeting members can’t refuse
In 2016, BECU ($19.6B, Tukwila, WA) changed the format of its traditional annual meeting and launched its first-ever Member Summit. Beyond simply reporting on the business of the credit ...
Robust security standards needed for data-handling entities
The cornerstone of any new data privacy requirements should be robust data security requirements for entities that collect consumers’ personal information, CUNA wrote to the House Homeland Security subcommittee on ...
NAFCU touts CU priorities to Congress
Following up on a letter sent to House and Senate leaders at the start of the 116th Congress, NAFCU Vice President of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler on Tuesday further expanded ...