According to a recent BlackRock report, financial worry outranks other leading stressors including health, family and work. Financial stress is a top worry for American families because many of them live paycheck to paycheck and [...]
First dates can be rough—the nerves, the excitement, the bouts of self-doubt and the what-if questions… What if I get spinach in my teeth? What if I spill red sauce all over my shirt? [...]
It is easy to smile when you're winning. When the ball bounces your way. Success puts a skip in your step. You have an extra dose of patience, and you glow with self-confidence. Everyone loves [...]
There’s an old proverb that says: If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together. As your credit union enters strategic planning season, think about the powerful [...]
CUNA called on Senate leadership Monday to reject inclusion of any language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2020 that would expand the Department of Defense’s (DoD) authority to exempt [...]
A new loan product from Freddie Mac – CHOICERenovation – allows borrowers to combine home improvement costs with a mortgage or refinance loan. "We realized that there's a significant amount of aging housing stock and a severe [...]
Organizations often prioritize risk management only during bad times, says Steve Houle, vice president, advisory service, for Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union. “That’s the wrong way to manage,” says Houle, who addressed the 2019 [...]
The $295.5 billion Lévis, Quebec-based Desjardins, Canada’s largest credit union with 7 million members and 46,216 staffers, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions, disclosed an employee-caused breach. In [...]
Apple's first-ever credit card, called Apple Card, is coming in just a few months. The new card — which Apple unveiled earlier this year at an event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California — is a brand-new [...]
The digitally connected ecosystem of our world today finds financial institutions competing to meet the robust expectations of their members while driving unparalleled business value. The transition to meet current needs has been a formidable [...]
Earlier this week Facebook unveiled its plans to launch a new blockchain-based payments network called “Libra.” The announcement came after a lot of speculation over whether Facebook would be making an entry into the global [...]
Effective Jan. 1, 2022, the nation’s credit unions will face what consensus holds is the biggest accounting change for financial institutions in decades. That’s when member-owned cooperatives will be required to adhere to [...]
According to Adam Dell, Head of Product for Marcus by Goldman Sachs, traditional banks and credit unions are not prepared to compete with new digital challengers. At the Fortune Brainstorm Finance conference, Dell said, “There [...]
Not all unbanked Americans are in that state due to poverty, a new study finds. Some are unbanked by choice. A survey analysis performed for Packaged Facts finds that there is a general trend away [...]
Welcome to episode 26 of The CUInsight Experience podcast. Hosted by Randy Smith, co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com. Today’s guest is Lynette Smith the president and CEO of TruEnergy FCU and serves on [...]
