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CUNA ELLy Award winners announced

CUNA ELLy Award winners announced

The 2017 CUNA ELLy Awards were presented at the CUNA Experience Learning Live! conference. Winners of these awards represent top achievers in the field of credit union training. Credit union trainers who are able to [...]

Bullying or be humble and kind

Bullying or be humble and kind

Last Tuesday I was driving to the airport to have lunch with two of my sons when this Tim McGraw song called Humble and Kind came on the radio. Normally I play music in the [...]

Technology improves board governance

Technology improves board governance

Today’s fast-paced financial services environment is forcing credit unions to be more responsive -- and more flexible -- than ever before. For a credit union’s board of directors, this means having a secure [...]

The promise of CULedger

The promise of CULedger

Throughout his three decades in financial services, John Ainsworth has relied on the same operating principle when developing technology solutions. “If we start with the voice of the member and follow that, we'll always have [...]

Massive winter storm forces credit unions to close

Massive winter storm forces credit unions to close

League offices and dozens of credit unions from the Carolinas to Maine were forced to close Thursday as a massive winter storm generated heavy snowfalls, below zero temperatures and hurricane-force winds that are expected to [...]

Technologically savvy Gen Z steps into the spotlight

Technologically savvy Gen Z steps into the spotlight

The kids are growing up. As those in the next generation – Gen Z – move toward adulthood, they're doing things their own way, including how they manage and move money. To address their unique experiences and [...]

Are auto sales a CU sore spot?

Are auto sales a CU sore spot?

If you look at the aggregate numbers for the credit union industry they remain solid. But that doesn’t keep me from living up to my reputation of having a glass half empty kind of [...]

4 simple digital marketing tactics you can’t ignore in 2018

4 simple digital marketing tactics you can’t ignore in 2018

Financial marketers are continuously confronted with the tough challenge of balancing between engaging customers on a personal level and achieving digital scale with their marketing efforts. More specifically, financial marketers need to reach customers and [...]

Payments predictions for 2018

As hard as it is to believe, it’s once again time to start in on all our New Year’s resolutions. But first, we wanted to step back and share our predictions for 2018. [...]