by. Mike Lawson Glatt Consulting's Tom Glatt joins us to explain how potent LinkedIn can be not only for professionals trolling for jobs but for credit unions enhancing their brands, as well. Tom provides the [...]
By Mike Corn A report released from the CFPB in November highlights the disparity in the amount of funds spent on financial education for consumers as opposed to that spent in marketing financial products to [...]
Happy New Year. 2014 promises to be a year full of challenges, but one full of plenty of opportunities as well. Indeed, many pundits and analysts predict that 2014 will open the door to a [...]
by. Anne Legg For a while, it seemed like all the best innovations started from an idea incubated in someone’s garage. But if you don’t happen to be a garage start-up, don’t [...]
by. Konrad Christensen Although consumers are increasingly seeing the value and convenience of prepaid cards, and their use is on the rise, many community financial institutions (FIs) continue to be slow to add a prepaid [...]
by. Terry Dooley The ongoing legal battle over swipe fees will continue in court next month. Oral arguments are scheduled for January 17 in the Federal Reserve Board’s appeal of district court Judge Richard [...]
Happy New Year. Welcome to 2014! I recently read that 2013 was the year of regulation and hopefully 2014 will be the year of relief. Unless, you plan on retiring this new year, I doubt [...]
As this column publishes, I will be just days past my first anniversary as the CEO of CUES. I’m not a new guy anymore, but I am still very close to the idea of [...]
The rise of Ron Burgundy in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues reminds me of a toolkit I have tucked away in my office. It’s a media relations guide. From 1983. Although the process and [...]
Think about any great experience you've had with a brand or store. At some point that experience was influenced by a person who was getting paid to interact with you. Could you tell that they [...]
By Shari Storm, CCE As I prepare to leave Verity Credit Union, I’ve spent considerable time thinking back on the lessons I’ve learned and the people who have taught me. Early in my [...]
Financial institutions might be inclined to dismiss Generation Y. By Stephen Nikitas After all, Gen Y-the demographic group also known as "millennials"-boasts an unemployment rate of more than 13 percent and an average salary [...]
by Jane Pannier The NCUA has amended—or rather, significantly expanded—the scope of the existing CUSO (Credit Union Service Organization) rule. Although NCUA does not have direct statutory authority to regulate CUSOs, it does [...]
by. Bo McDonald It’s January, the time when we receive an abundance of calls at YMC from prospective clients inquiring about our services. With the holidays behind us and the New Year finally here, [...]
by. Henry Meier For years, NCUA and other regulators have been warning of impending interest rate risk on the mistaken assumption that a spike in economic activity with a resulting spike in short term interest [...]
