Since President Obama's recent announcement on immigration reform, there have been a couple of organizations that have been very busy helping credit unions prep for a possible onslaught of new members -- 5.5 million [...]
by: Daren Glenister To paraphrase the proverb: “Regulator, heal thyself.” All it takes is one external flash drive to compromise an entire business. It appears that in October 2014, a federal regulator performed a routine [...]
“Every breaking wave on the shore, Tells the next one ‘there'll be one more.’” The lyrics of U2’s new hit, Every Breaking Wave, are amazingly parallel to the trend in credit union CEO retirements. [...]
The calendar has flipped and we’re charging into 2015. Those of us in the financial services industry do so with questions about what changes have gone into effect that impact IRAs and HSAs, as [...]
How does your mortgage operation compare to your peer group? Measuring accurately the performance of your department can be challenging if you don’t have the proper loan origination software (LOS), quality checks in each [...]
Did you hear the one about the man in his early 60’s who had been saving diligently for retirement, had his entire retirement plan invested in the stock market – and then the stock market [...]
Bill Klewin retired from CUNA Mutual Group on Friday, January 9. Recently, Bill sat down with Frank Diekmann and elaborated on his 28 years with CUNA Mutual, most recently as our lending product compliance leader, [...]
Hello, can you hear me? I’m currently flying back from LA after two days of meetings with partner companies and clients. Geek fascination: This iPad is online…while it’s magically floating over 30,[...]
Wow! Is about all I can say. Did you see the Forbes Magzaine ran an article titled “Homebuyers Finding A Home At Credit Unions” yesterday? I think we’ve hit the big time because it [...]
by: Jonathan Lay We recently delivered our findings and recommendations to a financial institution along with their Digital Marketing Blueprint. In our discovery phase, we performed a website assessment, which included usability tests. After these [...]
by: Billy Burnet During an October 2014 NCUA examination of Palm Springs Federal Credit Union (FCU), a confidential flash drive went missing. According to Palm Springs FCU President & CEO Debbi Pitigliano, the drive was [...]
by: Keith Leggett Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and some corporate credit union officials are trying to water down the corporate credit union capital rules that were finalized in 2010 following the corporate credit union [...]
The beginning of a New Year gives everyone an opportunity for a fresh start, to do things better and try to improve the lives of others if you are in a position to do so. [...]
As this year begins, many credit union leaders are surveying their landscape to see what will be the big areas of concern for them in 2015. Competition is naturally one of the first areas evaluated. [...]
In today’s highly competitive market, financial institutions need to differentiate themselves as much as possible. Differentiation can take many forms, but any sort strategy that can generate loan income is especially important. Loan generation [...]
