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Panda 4.0 and your credit union

Panda 4.0 and your credit union

A few months ago, Google released their latest algorithm update, Panda 4.0.  Google has once again reminded us that they are not wavering on their commitment to provide users with quality content. Much like [...]

Don’t drink the Kool-Aid

Don’t drink the Kool-Aid

The phrase, "Drinking the Kool-Aid" is often used when a financial institution is so attached to its own products and services that if fails to consider the needs of its customers or the media. I [...]

Fly in the high performance zone

John Foley, who flew in the movie “Top Gun,” urged credit union leaders to take their teams not to the “danger zone,” but the “high performance zone,” in May at the CSCU Solutions Conference in [...]

Students teach this valuable marketing lesson

Students teach this valuable marketing lesson

A recent study * conducted by Brigham Young University finds that when it comes to learning, print materials are superior to their digital counterparts. 74% of students surveyed indicated they learn better from print and 99% [...]

EMV technology and use climbing worldwide

EMV technology and use climbing worldwide

by. Brandon Kuehl The global spread of EMV cards continues, with new statistics showing a significant increase in the number of EMV payment cards in circulation. Specifically, a new report from EMVCo shows there were [...]

100 Million Members – Now what?

100 Million Members – Now what?

Each month we look at the latest Credit Union Trends Report for the information our credit union followers need/want to know. Typically, it's loan trends (auto, home, refinancing) and membership growth This month in [...]

Student Program highlights from 2014

Student Program highlights from 2014

by. Fatemeh Fakhraie Teachers need help giving students engaging materials more than ever, especially since more states are starting to require personal finance curriculum. brass believes financial basics are paramount in high school education, which [...]

Are bitcoins always suspicious?

by. Henry Meier As I explained in my blog the other day, for banking compliance geeks FinCEN’s annual compilation of SAR filings is a big deal that gets noticed. So when it uses this [...]

Osmosis

by. Anthony Demangone Last night was one of those nights when I found myself seated, surrounded by "success." There were times in the past when I would have thought to myself...what am I doing [...]

Photo tour of the Gates Foundation Visitor Center

Photo tour of the Gates Foundation Visitor Center

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation manages a $40 billion endowment. The foundation focuses on strategies where it can make the biggest impact to reduce inequities around the world in the areas of health, poverty [...]