A year-old debit swipe and savings plan at Community First Credit Union of Florida($1.6B, Jacksonville, FL) offers financial wellness for members and additional income for its own bottom line. The north Florida credit [...]
CUNA, in conjunction with the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS), conducted its annual Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Certification Conference in Louisville, Ky. last week. The conference provided the 293 attendees with the [...]
The House and Senate return to session this week following the midterm elections and have a number of items to address during the lame duck session. NAFCU's award-winning advocacy team will be on Capitol Hill [...]
Over the last few years, lenders have noted an increase of individuals applying for lines of credit. The influx of credit applications has put a demand on lenders to review higher volumes of applications in [...]
Training and developing talent are important, both for the health of an organization and the emotional health of its employees. If this is true, why aren’t more employees engaged with their training programs? Simply [...]
I want you to share a piece of information. Anything. There’s only one catch: You have to do it using only your voice. Pretty easy, right? Thank millions of years of evolution (and a [...]
It’s a double-edged sword when global media run stories about our hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. While we’re humbled and excited to have our city recognized for its awesomeness, we’re also a [...]
Among the many outcomes that may result from credit unions investing in CUSOs, Passageways’ recent evolution adds “international corporate incubator” to that list. The partnership between the employee intranet and board portal developer and Purdue [...]
I just read Credit Union Magazine’s annual Credit Union Rock Star issue (sponsored by Fiserv, as it so happens). It’s dedicated to those unique, innovative people who excel in their areas of expertise—[...]
In its annual savings trends report Inside America’s Savings Plans, Ascensus finds that saving behavior is starting younger—with retirement savers ages 25–34 most likely to be on track to meet their retirement [...]
Despite the emergence of innovative payment platforms and technology providers, more than a third of business-to-consumer disbursement payments are still made by check. That can be an expensive and slow process, especially when there's a [...]
Financial institutions could accumulate “nine times more unstructured data than structured data by about 2020.” Applications for accounts and loans continue to require more verification than ever before, requiring hundreds or even thousands of data [...]
Here's an interesting finding from a recent survey: "58 percent of workers say that they'd stay at jobs with lower salaries if that meant working for a great boss." This statistic, resulting from a survey [...]
Veterans Day is a time of year many Americans ask how they can help recognize those who currently serve and have served our country. Veterans live in every community across the United States, and it’[...]
Credit unions are well positioned after Tuesday’s election into the 116th Congress, CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle said during CUNA’s post-election webinar Thursday. Nussle was joined by Chief Advocacy Officer Ryan Donovan and [...]
