As a credit union marketer, your job is to increase deposits and loans. But did you know that only three percent of your audience wants to sign up for one of your products right now? [...]
Ongoing regulatory expectations and competition from Internet banks and unconventional financial services providers may be affecting your financial institution’s ability to reach or exceed its performance goals. But on a positive note, you can [...]
Hopefully it’s not news to you that more and more people are watching streamed video online. According to Deloitte, U.S. internet users spend, on average, 38 hours each week watching streamed video content! [...]
All the love – and let’s face it, money – that you’ve invested in your fur-babies may have you fantasizing about them having a few side gigs of their own. And why not? A well-behaved [...]
One of the most effective ways to draw attention to your credit union is to actively engage with the media in order to generate positive news stories. Most people quoted in news articles are either [...]
CUNA’s grassroots advocacy strategy uses multiple voices to influence policy important to the credit union movement. That includes credit union members and employees, including young professionals, says Adam Engelman, CUNA’s director of federal [...]
Former volunteers of the $2.9 billion Municipal Credit Union in New York are suing the state regulator to get their board seats back. After former MCU President/CEO Kam Wong was accused of allegedly [...]
I graduated from college during the Great Recession. The financial meltdown gifted me and my friends with no job prospects, significant student loan debt, and four years of constant worry. Many of my friends left [...]
Endorsement by a credit union’s board and leadership teams of a thoroughly vetted organizing principle facilitates a higher level of strategic execution across the organization. An organizing principle speaks to the long-term impact the [...]
Consumers grow more open to managing their money from a mobile device, but financial marketers and their organizations need to advance carefully. This evolution presents an opportunity to reach customers in new settings, to build [...]
A new white paper authored by DDJ Myers’ Senior Vice President Peter Myers, MCC, shares research on mid-level leadership practices from six years of cohorts in the Emerging Leaders Program. This 35-page white paper is [...]
NCUA Chairman J. Mark McWatters will be among federal financial regulators testifying before the Senate Banking Committee Sept. 13 on implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155). The hearing [...]
NAFCU, in a new white paper released Wednesday, is calling for members of Congress to discuss creating a modernized Glass-Steagall Act in order to protect consumers from banks that are too big to fail. The [...]
As a boss, you want your employees to succeed. It's in your best interest. An employee that's struggling can only be a drag on your team. While hiring and firing is sometimes necessary, you can [...]
I once worked for a credit union where employees dreaded calling the accounting department. There was an accounting specialist who was not friendly and often snapped at you if she felt you should know the [...]
