5 new car negotiation tips
If the 100-degree heat waves across the country have convinced you that you need a new car – with reliable A/C – you may be considering a trip to a new car dealership. But you’re [...]
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Reaction to CUNA’s $100 million funding request
The reaction from credit unions to CUNA’s aggressive request for $100 million in funding for its new awareness campaign has been largely positive, according to the trade group. But it also acknowledges that the [...]
Should you be preparing for a cashless future?
Are we becoming a cashless society? Research by Capgemini and BNP Paribas suggests that might just be the case; their recent study projects that digital payments will reach 726 billion worldwide by 2020. And we [...]
Simplify your credit union web design by using the Law of Closure
Humans recognize patterns and familiar shapes even if they are incomplete because individual elements are perceived as parts of a larger whole. For example, we perceive the image above as a circle and a square, [...]
Where do you stand as a leader?
Leaders are not rare. Every sector of business has them – good and bad. When evaluating the performance and abilities of great leaders, do you ever wonder how you stack up? Marcel Schwantes, principal and founder [...]
A path to financial independence
Border Federal Credit Union($147.0M, Del Rio, TX) knew it was helping people help themselves, but after more than a decade of providing financial counseling, the credit union had no easy way of proving [...]
Comments on final two BCFP RFIs due in July
Credit unions will have two final opportunities to comment on Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Requests for Information (RFI) this month. These deadlines will wrap up the bureau’s series of RFIs on how it [...]
NAFCU files 2nd ADA amicus in appeals court, 14th overall
NAFCU yesterday filed its 14th amicus brief in support of credit unions targeted by Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website accessibility litigation. This amicus, in support of Northwest Federal Credit Union, is the association's second [...]
3 simple things you can do to be a great coworker
Hopefully you’re not dreadful to be around when you’re at the office. As long as you’re generally pleasant and don’t microwave fish, you’re probably not someone that others have a [...]
Who doesn’t want to feel special?
The U.S. credit union movement has seen record growth in the past year and now boasts more than 110 million members, one-third of the U.S. population. Sounds good? The caveat…when comparing credit [...]
‘Best-by date’ expires on time studies
For all the changes in branch operations over recent decades, the fundamentals for delivering on service standards remain firm. Members expect friendly professional service and accurate transactions—and they don’t want to wait around [...]
5 signs it’s time for a new credit union website design
Your website is your most visited branch. As your most important branch, ideally you continuously invest in your credit union website design to improve its experience and increase the number of applications you get from [...]
Trying to save? Move here
If you’ve been trying your best to build up savings, but despite your best efforts you just can’t meet your goal, the answer might be location, location, location. That is, where you live [...]
Daniel Lerner: Pursue your passion
Can happiness and success co-exist? That depends on how you define success. “The idea of happiness and success don’t always go together,” says Daniel Lerner, co-author of “U Thrive: How to Succeed in College ([...]
U.S. consumer comfort nears 17-year high
Americans’ sentiment approached a 17-year high last week on increasingly upbeat views of the economy and personal finances, the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index showed Thursday. Weekly index increased to 57.6, the fourth straight advance, [...]