Give your card a security update
A family friend was in town this past week. She is part of the Boomer generation, so, a user of new tech, but semi-begrudgingly. At one point, we discussed how her Android phone supported mobile [...]
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3 ways to thrive during times of change
Every credit union we partner with is experiencing change right now. Technology has changed the pace we work. Social media has changed our communication style. Competition for our time and attention has changed. Change is [...]
Department of Labor issues Final Fiduciary Rule
The Department of Labor (DOL) has released its long-awaited final fiduciary rule and clarified that IRAs—along with Archer medical savings accounts (MSAs), health savings accounts (HSAs), and Coverdell education savings accounts (ESAs)—are included [...]
PSCU’s Advisors Plus credit card experts help a Nevada credit union change its members’ luck
Nevada’s economy was left reeling by the Great Recession of 2008-09, and in its wake, many of One Nevada Credit Union’s 77 thousand members found themselves underwater on their mortgages and deep in [...]
Onsite at CO-OP THiNK: Top 10 takeaways from Day 2
Did you know that many years ago the great Steve Wozniak borrowed $500 from a credit union to help replace a stolen TV; he needed to replace it because it wanted to turn that TV [...]
5 money tips from mom
Value of a dollar ‘Money doesn’t grow on trees,’ was a common phrase in my household. At the time is was a heartbreaking thing to hear as I was eyeing a new bike, but [...]
3 things your credit union can learn from Justin Bieber’s Purpose Tour
Like all cool moms, and secret, slightly older Justin Bieber fans, I scored two tickets to take my daughter to Justin Bieber’s much talked-about Purpose World Tour. Sporting complementary Bieber t-shirts and enormous smiles, [...]
Generating profit & revenue in emerging cash intensive businesses (Part 3)
This is the third in a series of articles covering the generation of non-interest income in cash intensive businesses with an emphasis on Marijuana Related Businesses (MRB’s). The first article discussed evaluating if entering [...]
Forget Gen Y: Are you ready for the Homeland Generation?
If you want to read a lot about the Baby Boomer generation, or Generation X, or Generation Y/Millennials — you won't have to dig deeply. The media is saturated with stories and statistics about these [...]
Onsite: Gary Vaynerchuk on credit unions at CO-OP THINK 16 in San Diego
Gary Vaynerchuk, the co-founder and CEO of VaynerMedia, returned this year to CO-OP THiNK 16. Gary Vaynerchuk is a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur whose company VaynerMedia is one of the hottest digital agencies around. [...]
Why product development should always be empathetic
Credit unions need to meet members where they are, designing products that reflect their lifestyles and preferences, and that foster personal connections. This concept is known as human-centered design, and it is transforming the consumer [...]
Tom Brady: CFPB poster boy
Given the amount of media attention it has received we must now add NFL Mgmt. Council v. NFL Players Ass'n, to the annals of watershed cases like Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, [...]
Juggling the demands of regulatory change in 2016
As a compliance officer in today’s regulatory environment, it’s easy to pinball between hot button regulations that dominate the headlines. But the frantic pace of regulatory change has made it nearly impossible for [...]
How to get your share of this year’s mortgage market
The 2016 summer home buying season promises to be robust. And credit unions are in an excellent position to capture a greater portion of the mortgage market—if we’re ready to handle the volume, [...]
It’s not a complaint. It’s advocacy!
People are vocalizing- perhaps more than ever before- a desire to see change. There is strong sentiment that we have been failed by our government, by large corporations, by organized religion. The only one looking [...]