A big question for many credit unions this year is: do we need to embrace wearables such as Apple Watch? Around 2010, credit union executives saw that members demanded mobile banking. Many insisted on mobile [...]
I was recently asked if there is a silver bullet for recruiting millennial-aged board members. This question comes up frequently when I’m on the road presenting to credit union management and volunteers. I believe [...]
List 6 channels you could use for your next marketing campaign. How long did that take you - a minute or less? In this age of connectivity, you can probably rattle off a dozen marketing [...]
Car buying can be stressful. There are a lot of things going on in your life and worrying about a car purchase shouldn’t be one of them. If you want to make the car [...]
2018 has shown itself to be the year that the warm comfort of extraordinary monetary stimulus has begun to be removed by the world’s main central banks. The $18 trillion U.S. economy is [...]
As longtime credit union leaders retire, a new generation of leaders must take the advocacy mantle in the decades to come. With this reality in mind, CUNA, in conjunction with the New York Credit Union [...]
While credit unions are hailing regulatory relief provisions in S 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, numerous consumer groups and others are blasting it as a gift to Wall Street that [...]
Last month, I blogged on the timeframes for running promotions on your credit cards. A question then came up regarding whether credit unions have to provide notice when the promotional rate ends and how to [...]
In today’s highly competitive banking world, smaller financial institutions are sharply focused on shareholders’ expectations for growth in earnings and return on equity. How can smaller organizations support earnings and ROE growth in the [...]
It’s no secret that auto insurance costs are on the rise. According to consumerreports.com, most consumers saw a cost increase of about 8 percent in 2017. There are many reasons for the spike. [...]
Another Wegner Dinner is in the books! We celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Foundation Dinner Presenting the Herb Wegner Memorial Awards on Monday, February 26th in Washington, DC. We were so honored to have [...]
The GAC last week provided many memorable moments. There were meetings and conversations about how to keep the credit union movement growing and thriving coupled with speeches from President George W. Bush and Gen. Colin [...]
CUNA continues its advertising campaign to thank lawmakers and urge support for the bipartisan Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) as the Senate begins its consideration of the regulatory relief bill [...]
The Senate took an important procedural vote yesterday that sets the stage for the bipartisan Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) to pass the Senate, possibly by the end of the [...]
Berkeley researchers found that female investors earn almost a full percentage point more than men each year. Does that mean they’re better at picking winners? As it turns out, that’s not the case [...]
