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CUES award meaningful to ‘future leader’ now CEO

CUES award meaningful to ‘future leader’ now CEO

Back in 2009, CUES member Steve Schipull, CCE, was CFO of Generations Federal Credit Union and the recipient of the CUES Future Leader award (now called the CUES Exceptional Leader.) Today, he's president/CEO of [...]

A chicken sandwich, and leadership

by. Anthony Demangone There's a wonderful fable about Southwest Airlines and their famous leader, Herb Kelleher. Someone from Southwest's research division came up with a wonderful addition to their in-flight service. A delicious chicken sandwich.  [...]

How ALF increases safety for Delta Airlines

How ALF increases safety for Delta Airlines

by. Josh Streufert I'm a reasonably nice, somewhat affable, yet often curmudgeonly cynic. Yet, I must admit, I laughed out loud watching a Delta in-flight safety video before a recent flight to Atlanta. Ridiculous, I [...]

You don’t have to be Wells Fargo to do social media

You don’t have to be Wells Fargo to do social media

by. Matt Andresen Banks are still leery about swimming in the “risky” waters of social media. But what if there was a lifeguard on duty to help spot any potential problems on the horizon? Wells [...]

Reaching the goal of integrations – simplicity

by. Glenn Gibson The footprint of any process often extends outside the footprint of a single application. When multiple disconnected systems contain related information, they can quickly become out of sync with each other.  When [...]

Preventing SPAM with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC

by. Robbie Wright Perfecting email deliverability can sometimes be a black box, a witch’s cauldron, or a unicorn, depending on who you ask. Over the past few years however, a number of new techniques [...]

When it comes to customer satisfaction, is bigger better?

by. Henry Meier According to JD Powers, customer satisfaction with their banks has sky rocketed.  As described in this press release “despite ongoing public scrutiny, customer satisfaction with banks is at a record high as [...]

Does humor deliver the right message?

When I attended The Financial Brand Forum in early April, I saw speakers show examples of social media that used humor. They spoke about how humor made these promotions more attractive to consumers. Outwardly or [...]

5 things to remember about branch transformation

Having true power branches can align your culture, reflect your unique brand, and position you for higher performance and growth. by. Mark Weber The new wave of mobile, social and online banking is reshaping how [...]