You've never been to a conference like NAFCU’s 51st Annual Conference & Solutions Expo in beautiful Seattle, Washington. Newly reformatted, it's now the industry's largest conference for credit union executives and board members to [...]
Under Armour Inc., joining a growing list of corporate victims of hacker attacks, said about 150 million user accounts tied to its MyFitnessPal nutrition-tracking app were breached earlier this year. An unauthorized party stole data [...]
Know Your Customer (KYC) rules protect your financial institution from fraudulent and illegal activities—and you’re required to comply. But in the digital world, where you may never meet your customer, this can become [...]
Recently the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) made its annual inflation adjustment to its civil monetary penalty amounts. News headlines are full of the large institutional fines but you must remember under various statutes, credit [...]
We all want engaged employees. However, the harsh reality is only about 30 percent of U.S. employees are engaged in their work. The only thing good about this number is how much it can [...]
At CUNA Mutual Group, we care about volunteering. It’s part of our company culture. We can all see the benefits it has for the people and communities we serve. But, did you know it’[...]
Science is supposed to be fun, and the science of saving will be full of awesome fun for young savers during National Credit Union Youth Month, supported by Fiserv, in April. With the theme “The [...]
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday upheld two challenged portions of NCUA's field of membership rule and struck down two provisions in a lawsuit filed against the agency by [...]
If you’ve had more than one job in your life, you’re probably aware that every leader is different. While there are certain characteristics that good leaders share, there are definitely some myths when [...]
Your employees don’t invest in what your credit union does. Transactions, accounting, operations, the upkeep and day-to-day business are not the kinds of high-octane elements of an organization that keep the blood flowing. They’[...]
When loans are down or you need deposits, and you need that business coming in the door ASAP, it’s easy to begin your marketing plan in “execution mode.” One of my absolute favorite quotes [...]
I have been in the institutional sales space for 20 years, and most of that time has been spent working with domestic depository institutions. Over that period, several significant changes have taken place. New business [...]
Planning a move? Those who want the DIY control of packing up a truck without the responsibility of driving one have found a happy medium in renting moving containers. My cousin recently used one for [...]
A federal judge on Thursday struck down two sections of the NCUA’s new field-of-membership rule, saying that the sections violate the Federal Credit Union Act. But in a mixed ruling in the suit filed [...]
Auto and home (A&H) insurance products are significant ongoing investments your members make to protect what matters most in their lives. And, offering these products is another way we, as credit union leaders, [...]
