NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger, in a number of meetings on Capitol Hill yesterday, shared credit unions' regulatory relief priorities and urged members to vote in favor of the NAFCU-backed Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief [...]
Conventional wisdom says it takes confidence, hard work, ambition, drive, time, patience and bit of luck to be a millionaire. Studies reveal there’s even more to it than that. The key to making the [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about moral relativism these days, and if you’re in the credit union community, you should too. Moral relativism is the belief that right and wrong aren’t universal [...]
Identifying risks can be very tricky. For example, which do you think is deadlier? Sharks A ballpoint pen Was your first thought to immediately identify sharks as more deadly than a ballpoint pen? In [...]
One big, screaming takeaway from a recent survey by Javelin and the identity firm Jumio is that all generations now accept and use mobile banking. For some years we’ve heard that only Millennials embrace [...]
When you get your first job after college, the last thing you’re thinking about is retirement. But the closer you get to retirement age, the more it’s weighing on your mind. Have I [...]
At Elevations Credit Union, we’ve been very fortunate to enjoy many years of success serving our members since we began as U of C Federal Credit Union on the campus of the University of [...]
Know someone who makes extraordinary contributions to the credit union movement? Credit Union Magazine is now accepting nominations for its Sixth Annual Credit Union Rock Stars Program. Sponsored by Fiserv, Credit Union Rock Stars are [...]
Employees and members of CU Hawaii Federal Credit Union are taking it a day at a time as they head into a third week of earthquakes, lava flows and sulfur dioxide emissions from the eruption [...]
How many times per month do your members use mobile banking? Did you know that, when it comes to mobile app usage, banking apps are in the top 3? Only social media and weather apps [...]
Time and again we hear similar struggles from staff at small to mid-sized Financial Institutions. Community Banks and Credit Unions struggle with the delicate balance of needing to increase core deposits, while also having goals [...]
Credit unions actively involved in digital transformation should be equally invested in security. Though your members probably aren’t champions of specific security technologies or processes, they are certainly concerned about the safety of their [...]
Think you know all about online and mobile banking? There’s certainly enough ink (well, pixels) spilled on the subject every month. And yet, it’s a lot to keep up with. Below, we have [...]
CU leaders who approach fintechs like they approach traditional vendors are missing the point, says Nikhil Lakhanpal, co-founder of the fintech Narmi. Vision matters more than price, and potential counts more than immediate results, he [...]
The House intends to vote on the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) next week, as early as Tuesday, according to numerous reports. CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle is urging credit [...]
