The 80th anniversary of the Federal Credit Union Act was commemorated this year. In a fast-changing world where few institutions remain stable for a full century, it is no surprise that along with this milestone [...]
This week members of the Circle, Montana community came together to celebrate a woman who spent more than 30 years going above and beyond duties and obligations that of manager of the local credit union. [...]
by. Anthony Demangone A few weeks ago, I did an experiment. Instead of emailing you the entire blog post, I set my blog up to only email you a short segment. If you wanted to [...]
How does a Credit Union truly “live”? We live through growth, growth inspired by change and change aligned with our Missions and Visions. Successfully completing a field of membership expansion, helping with the creation of [...]
By Sundeep Kapur “Branch transformation” is today’s big mantra for financial institutions and providing great experiences to members in branch locations is indeed one way credit unions can delight their members. Great member experiences [...]
by. David Frankil, President, Burns-Fazzi, Brock and Associates Dr. Jack Clark from Clark Research Associates presented the results of the 2014 NAFCU-BFB Executive Compensation and Benefits Survey at this summer’s NAFCU Annual Conference. There [...]
by. Joan Cleveland Let's be honest. No one wants to have to use their insurance policy. Ever. If you're presented with a situation in which you must use it, that usually means that you've experienced [...]
by. Keith Leggett NCUA reported that credit union loans and assets rose during the second quarter of 2014; but shares (deposits) fell. Federally insured credit unions’ total assets grew $47.3 billion, or 4.5 [...]
Talk to most Gen Y women and you’ll find out they care about what they eat. They look for organic food, farmers’ markets and locally grown produce. “Farm to Table” is all the craze. ([...]
Strange things are going on in the country. Either the American workforce is comprised of a bunch of ungrateful dopes who don’t realize they’ve never had it so good or politicians just don’[...]
Recently, I had the opportunity of spending several days with the remarkable people at a Large Community Credit Union. The purpose of my visit was to identify sustainable opportunities for expanding its outreach of products [...]
by. Dan Berger From daily emails and memos to the occasional speech or op-ed, most senior executives do some writing as part of their job. Your written messages – more than your verbal messages – help you [...]
by. Anthony Demangone "How did you approach it," I asked him. I was speaking with a colleague years ago who had been promoted to vice president. One of his new responsibilities included IT. He didn't [...]
Credit Unions everywhere are looking to instill a sales culture while protecting the member service excellence that differentiates us as an industry. For credit unions looking for increased sales, I suggest developing comprehensive metrics that [...]
As mentioned in our last blog post about E-SIGN, AffirmX has received numerous questions about the E-SIGN Act over the past few months. In this post, we turn our attention to similar recurring questions centered [...]
