Credit union membership growth is on pace to grow near 4.5% this year, according to CUNA’s latest Monthly Credit Union Estimates, the fastest pace of growth in four decades. However, credit union membership [...]
NAFCU's Brad Thaler yesterday reiterated the association's call for lawmakers "to continue to scrutinize the growing fintech sector" to ensure a level playing field between fintechs and regulated financial institutions. "It is important to note [...]
There can be a lot of pressure on you when you’re interviewing job candidates, especially if you’re having to replace a great employee. No matter what position you're hiring for, you want to [...]
Credit union roots are anchored in the philosophy and action of helping members improve their financial well-being, and they accomplish this in a number of ways. One of the most important has been and continues [...]
We have all heard the saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Still, there will be occasions when – despite everyone’s best proactive efforts – trouble arises. The ongoing war against cyber [...]
The United States experienced catastrophic natural disasters during the Fall of 2018. From Hurricane Florence that hit the Carolinas and East Coast in September, Hurricane Michael a month later hitting the Florida panhandle, and the [...]
It was a week before Christmas, and my three kids were reenacting The Nutcracker in our living room when a fight broke out. My 7-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Olivia, started yelling at her younger brother because he [...]
True to their people-helping-people philosophy, credit unions continue to offer assistance programs to members affected by the government shutdown. ABC Action News KFSN in California provided news coverage on how Golden 1 Credit Union in [...]
Mobile biometric payments will surpass $1.67 trillion per year by 2023, according to research from biometrics research and consulting firm Goode Intelligence. The London-based firm also found that 68% of biometric payments happened remotely [...]
It may be a little late to publish this article—you know, since we’re already in 2019—but trust me, what I’m sharing with you falls in the “better late than never” category. [...]
The payments world continues to evolve and is going through critical and disruptive changes. A failure to embrace this disruption could lead to lost time, money and, potentially, customers. Here are profiles of four industries [...]
According to a major study by Market Force Information, consumer satisfaction with banking providers rose across the board. Consumer satisfaction with their primary banking provider for the industry overall jumped eight percentage points in one [...]
CUNA wrote to leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees Monday to include House report language in any final appropriations legislation for fiscal year 2019. The House and Senate are in Washington, D.C. [...]
A New York Times column is highlighting the difference of services offered to members affected by the partial government shutdown between banks and credit unions. "Credit unions managed to figure it out quite quickly," writes [...]
“If it’s constantly crazy at work, we have two words for you: F**k that. And two more. Enough already.” How’s that for straightforward business advice? If your workplace is defined by 80-hour [...]
