Low-income communities hit by Mississippi tornado the worst
The devastation was simply too much to bear. In a race to beat the EF-4 tornado bearing down on the small community of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, two weeks ago, Queen’...
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Why a participative strategy will make you stronger as a leader and learner
March proved to be an exceptionally busy month for the financial services industry and credit union leaders everywhere. Typically, a busy month comes with opportunities to rethink strategies for work ...
Overdrafts: Service fee or “junk” fee?
In President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on February 7, he called on Congress to crack down on “junk fees.” He defined the term in his address ...
The line in the sand
Since leaving NAFCU’s Strategic Growth Conference, I’ve been thinking about what makes a credit union excellent. We talked about culture, technology, marketing, service, strategy and more. But as ...
CFPB releases section 1071 small business lending final rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its final rule on section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act Thursday, which would require credit unions to collect and report certain data on ...
Berger on Bloomberg TV: ‘Something was missed’ in bank failures
NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger joined The Close on Bloomberg TV Wednesday to discuss recent bank failures, saying that they were the result of poor management across the board ...
Good Governance: A cautionary tale of risk management in this time of bank failures
While the news surrounding the failings and futures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank remains in the headlines, we are learning a great deal about the role that rising ...
PODCAST: Portraits of success
The Eugene H. Farley League Leadership Award is presented annually by the American Association of Credit Union Leagues (AACUL) honoring a League president and League executive who demonstrate visionary leadership ...