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Comments on CFPB RFIs, reassigned numbers due in June

Comments on CFPB RFIs, reassigned numbers due in June

Comments on the final few Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) requests for information, as well as on the Federal Communication Commission’s reassigned numbers proposal, are due in June. CUNA released its comprehensive white [...]

5 laws of credit union website design

5 laws of credit union website design

Your credit union’s website is your biggest and most important branch because more people interact with your website than any of your brick and mortar locations. Given the importance of your website, how it’[...]

PODCAST: Tom Davis on navigating change

PODCAST: Tom Davis on navigating change

Tom Davis has had a varied career. He started as an accountant before entering the technology arena and ultimately joining CSCU, the precursor to Trellance, where he’s now CEO. Davis is tasked with leading [...]

NCUA bans MCU CEO accused of stealing millions

NCUA bans MCU CEO accused of stealing millions

The NCUA board took an unusual action Thursday to ban CEO Kam Wong —  accused of stealing millions — from participating in the affairs of any federally insured financial institution so that he would no longer pose [...]

Credit Union Trends: May 2018

Credit Union Trends: May 2018

Our Credit Union Trends Report for May 2018 is now available online. The report covers data from March 2018 and includes details on credit union memberships, loans, savings and more. Highlights include the following: During [...]

5 ways to advance your investment program

5 ways to advance your investment program

To compete for new customers and retain your existing customers, you must offer products and services that make their lives more convenient and aren't available at every financial institution. One great service to offer is [...]

Fee less, earn more

Fee less, earn more

Overdraft and other checking account charges account for nearly half of credit unions’ fee income, according to the CUNA Fees Report. Credit unions are a better deal than banks: The average credit union courtesy-pay fee [...]

Friction is the enemy

Friction is the enemy

The Game of Thrones. I had heard countless friends and colleagues talk about the television series. But I didn't have HBO. Then my cable company told me that I had a 90-day free subscription to [...]

5 ATM developments you should know about

5 ATM developments you should know about

ATMs are the original digital banking innovation, and they’ve survived for decades by evolving with the times. Even in an increasingly cashless society, nearly a third of U.S. consumers visit an ATM at [...]

CUNA, World Council discuss EU data protection regulation

CUNA, World Council discuss EU data protection regulation

CUNA hosted a webinar Wednesday on the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which became effective May 25. Lance Noggle, CUNA senior director of advocacy for payments and cybersecurity, presented, along with [...]