A number of federal government offices remain closed today as Congress failed to pass a funding bill by midnight Friday. However, both chambers did pass a National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) extension until May 31; [...]
As we look ahead to 2019, let’s take one last look back at the best from 2018. Here’s a look at the top ten leadership posts from this year… Confessions of a white [...]
There was a blip in the early 2000s when flared jeans came back around with a vengeance. This wasn’t great for me as a short person, because it meant all my jeans had frayed, [...]
It’s that time of year when consumers are, well consumed, with holiday planning and gift buying. According to annual retail estimates, holiday spending is expected to exceed $1.1 trillion through the end of [...]
Kendra Christensen will never forget the day when her father shared that he had cancer. Sitting in her parents’ dining room, she says that the conversation was a blur, but what she did know is [...]
A California housing developer said he did not intend to represent a credit union and its website as a functional financial institution after the state regulator slapped him with a legal order to stop operating [...]
This time of year offers up a special sort of chaos for many: lots of celebrating with friends and family, along with lots of spending in a short amount of time. Believe it or not, [...]
How much do your members or customers love you? Enough to decorate their house with your logo? Hidden Valley – a salad dressing company credited with making ranch dressing a household condiment – made headlines recently by [...]
In order to grow and be successful, we must learn from the past. Reflection on past events, decisions, achievements and failures allows us to improve ourselves and move to where we want to go. And [...]
Several years of working with credit unions in conservatorship has honed the enterprise-assessment skills of Jane Dobbs, CEO of Canyon State Credit Union($196.9M, Phoenix, AZ). Through the challenging work, the leader has developed [...]
The House passed the Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act (H.R. 88) Thursday, a bill that makes a CUNA-backed change to Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT). H.R. 88 contains a provision that [...]
NAFCU witness Rick Stafford, president and CEO of Tower Federal Credit Union (Laurel, Md.), today will share during a House Financial Services Committee hearing credit unions' views on housing finance reform and the importance of [...]
As we come to the end of the year, I’ve been thinking about all of the people who are rightly touting the merits of data analytics, digital transformation and customer experience management. And I’[...]
Christmas is almost here and thank god. I can’t take any more of this Baby, It’s Cold Outside bickering. Where do I stand in this argument? I agree that yes, the lyrics of [...]
What is top of mind for me as we approach the end of the year is the total pivot to the purchase money market for next year. We have seen refinancings continue to fall throughout [...]
