House sponsors of a plan to ease the way for marijuana-related companies to obtain financial services said Wednesday they are confident that, for the first time, the House will pass their legislation. And, Reps. Ed [...]
Earlier this month I had dinner at a local Mexican food restaurant. My experiences there have always been generally favorable and the small town atmosphere really adds to the appeal. My family and I go [...]
At a time when most charter changes among credit unions are moving from federal to state oversight, Firefighters First Federal Credit Union, Los Angeles, moved in the opposite direction to obtain a trade, industry or [...]
The big guns are blasting, consumers are switching to p2p, mega banks are cashing in and where exactly does that leave you? Several reports now are out on p2p and the inescapable conclusion is that [...]
The first cryptocurrency created by a major U.S. bank is here — and it's from J.P. Morgan Chase. The lender moves more than $6 trillion around the world every day for corporations in its [...]
New members find their way to a credit union via multiple channels: word-of-mouth, indirect loans, a convincing piece of marketing. The breadth of channels is wide; the depth of relationship incurred varies just as widely. [...]
If you’re on a tight budget, there may be nothing more upsetting than having to go to the doctor. A co-pay or deductible is one thing, but then you may have prescription costs on [...]
Recent months have seen an ever-increasing volume of noise relating to the impending destruction of all but the wealthiest credit unions. The source of their imminent demise? Their lack of digital capabilities. There’s certainly [...]
“Plants grow, people grow, even whole forests, jungles and coral reefs grow – but eventually they stop. This doesn’t mean they’re dead. They’ve simply reached a level of maturity where health is no [...]
Allowing legal, cannabis-based businesses to receive mainstream financial services comes with challenges, but also community benefits, CUNA witness Rachel Pross told a House subcommittee Wednesday. Pross, chief risk officer at Maps CU, Salem, Ore., testified [...]
To help credit unions understand the compliance risks associated with serving marijuana-related businesses (MRBs), NAFCU has released a new resource featuring some pros and cons on the issue. NAFCU's new resource comes just as a [...]
A lot has changed over the past 30 years—we can jump on Amazon and have anything delivered to our door in a day, we have hundreds of channels at our fingertips and we can [...]
At a time when economic anxiety is increasing, 78% of Americans in a new survey who said they had a retirement savings plan reported an overall sense of well-being, compared with 52% without one, according [...]
To some people mobile friendly functionalities may not seem like a top priority when you're creating a website, after all, websites are mostly viewed on desktops, right? Well, let me put it like this... would [...]
Even though it’s been around for quite a while, cloud computing still suffers from a few common misconceptions. There are three myths in particular that need to be debunked. Moving to the cloud, for [...]
