Providing financial education to your community is often considered part of a credit union’s mission, and rightly so. Credit unions were created to improve members’ lives, not generate profits. Profit or not-for-profit, organizational missions [...]
The financial industry’s spending on marketing technology has been rising in recent years. Currently, marketing technology comprises about 22% of the average bank’s budget, according to the ABA. Marketing technology enables retail banks [...]
S. 2155 possibly up for vote in May—5 things you can do to support it: Our professional advocates estimate S. 2155 could be on the House floor as early as next month. To put [...]
I am not sure if any of you caught this headline yesterday, but if you were like me you quickly clicked to find out what the heck was going on. This quote came from Acting [...]
A couple weeks ago, we discussed how to make the blog posts ADA compliant. In this post, we’ll discuss how to do the same for the PDFs on your credit union website. Addressing compliance [...]
Here's a question: What if we spent more time building our teams than leading them? What if our main focus was to identify strong team players, recruit top-notch employees and develop those who will lead [...]
Credit union priorities were discussed during Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s second day of testimony before Congress Thursday, this time before the Senate Banking Committee. Mulvaney appeared before the House [...]
The NCUA Board next week during its open meeting will discuss two final rules on capital planning and stress testing, and advertising provisions. NAFCU has previously written in support of both of these efforts, as [...]
Our huge family has two primary bases: New York and Florida. As a result, those tend to be our go-to road trip vacation spots. We’re now trying to coordinate trips with various relatives to [...]
Hiring can be a dreaded task for any business. Making the right hire is tricky, but can be one of the most high-value actions an organization can take. There is not a guaranteed way to [...]
Credit Unions all across the country are embarking on name changes and/or rebrands every year. But is a name change or rebranding right for your credit union? It’s not always the answer to [...]
As credit unions finished out the first quarter of 2018, I asked Mark Hein, CEO of The Financial Institution Group at SWBC, a few questions about how auto lending faired during the quarter and what’[...]
Fraudsters are becoming more organized, sophisticated, and technologically advanced. They collaborate with other criminals by sharing information and the latest tools on the “dark web.” In fact, these criminals have created a multi-billion dollar industry [...]
Congress could be closer to changing a financial services company risk management program that it developed in the wake of the Great Recession. Members of the U.S. House on Wednesday voted 297-121 to pass [...]
Biz Kid$, the powerful youth financial education program, has taught millions of kids across the US about money and entrepreneurship. Not only is Biz Kid$ a fun TV series for children to watch and engage [...]
