The holidays are the season of giving, and people everywhere are taking the time to consider ways they can be of service to those around them. Whether collecting donations of clothing, Christmas presents or canned [...]
The fact is, podcasting is a less crowded space to jump into to get noticed by your audience. (I could end the article there, but I have more to tell you). Podcasting has the free-form [...]
My youngest and I were driving from an activity last night and, as he looked skyward, he asked me “How far away is the moon?” Naturally, we asked Siri and learned that it is over [...]
by: Kay Plantes All too often, companies take the scope of their offerings as a given, delaying changes that make the organization ripe for disruption. Kodak stuck with “film” as its core business while competitor [...]
Tokenization and smart cards create a one-two punch to protect member transactions. by: Michelle Thornton CUs are rightfully excited about the tokenization security process that underpins the much-talked-about Apple Pay. However, as CUs start to [...]
by: Christina Pontisso America’s credit unions are booming! Rod Staatz, from the Daily Record, comments on the rapid growth credit unions are experiencing in the number of members. There are now more than 100 [...]
Over the next two weeks, RewardStream will be bringing you our definitive list of the most interesting marketing and technology trends in 2014. Unfortunately, we couldn’t think of anything witty or seasonal to title [...]
Ok, it's about as obvious as fruit cake sending you straight to the gastroenterologist over the holidays that the media is overly obsessed with Apple Pay. To keep this "Apple-loves-it" trend alive and well, we're [...]
by: Jim Nussle and Camden R. Fine Hackers and cyber-criminals keep hitting the repeat button on data breaches: Every week, it seems there is a new headline of yet another violation that has affected one [...]
Last month, the American Customer Satisfaction Index's annual findings scored credit unions first in customer satisfaction – the seventh consecutive year credit unions were ranked higher than banks among overall financial institutions. While it is tempting [...]
Many credit unions don’t have a full understanding of what a business services program includes. Business lending is about much more than simple real estate loans. In fact, 84% of all business lending is [...]
Sharing ideas and analytics solutions allows credit unions to thrive in the ever-changing financial marketplace by: Nate Wentzlaff Recently, I attended the Credit Union Big Data/Analytics Conference hosted by OnApproach. During the conference, many [...]
by: Georgann Smith The reporters, bloggers and media representatives in your community are charged with a specific task when they are assigned to cover a major retail data breach – they need to localize the story. [...]
It’s Monday and you open your email to see that your credit union’s annual NCUA IT Exam is scheduled for some time in the first quarter. You don’t have the dates yet [...]
by: Mark Arnold Almost every credit union wants to get younger—to reduce the average age of its consumers. The average age of membership at credit unions is about 48, while the average age of [...]
