Employee gifts, taxes and holidays
Now that we are into the holiday season – with Christmas eighteen days away, Hanukkah ending in three days and Kwanzaa beginning in nineteen days – there are certain things that simply ...
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4 ways social media can help financial marketers celebrate community
While nearly all companies know they need a social media presence, many banks and credit unions have not embraced social media enthusiastically. Consider, as a benchmark, that Twitter launched in ...
Regulators helping credit unions
Federal regulators are reaching out and helping credit unions and community banks with a series of changes. On October 3, 2018, Federal regulators ruled that credit unions and community banks ...
5 morning routines that lead to success
Much of our accomplishments each day are decided by our morning routines. If we continually hit the snooze button barely making it to the office on time, our days may ...
NCUA board to hear regulatory reform final report Dec. 13
The NCUA board will hear recommendations from the agency’s Regulatory Reform Task Force at its Dec. 13 meeting. Scheduled for 10 a.m. (ET), the meeting is the board’...
Senate confirms Kraninger as bureau director
The Senate yesterday voted to confirm Kathy Kraninger to lead the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. She will take over for Mick Mulvaney, who has served as acting director since ...
How should the 600 million reportedly hacked users respond?
This past week global hotel chain Marriott International (500 million) and Quora (100 million), one of the largest Q&A internet portals, announced security breaches compromised their data. How should ...
The numbers are in: How and where members spent during Black Friday weekend
Like most consumers, credit union members are increasingly shifting to online channels to shop for the holidays. That’s according to an analysis of CO-OP credit union members’ credit and ...