Because it’s the holiday season, many credit unions offer a holiday skip-a-pay promotion. However, from our ongoing research and analysis of credit union websites, the majority of credit unions require a member to download, [...]
By David Jones Managing information is a bit like bringing up a child. “What?” I hear you ask. Well, let me explain… I had the pleasure of attending the recent AIIM ELC session on mobility [...]
by. Kelly Schmit As a hard worker, daughter, wife, and mother of two, I would like to think I have experienced a fair amount in my almost 32 years of life. At CUES’ Directors Conference [...]
by. Jimmy Marks Convincing people that a bad idea really is a bad idea is tough. Just ask anyone who went into a barber shop back in the 80′s and said “Give me the ‘[...]
IT'S NEARLY THE END OF 2013 — by most accounts, a banner year for nearly everyone in mortgage banking who is not in default servicing. Investors have been buying homes, distressed and otherwise, and some institutional [...]
Yes, I said it. This isn’t a prediction of imminent doom, but if your bank or credit union hangs its social media strategy on Facebook, it’s time to diversify your holdings. Especially if [...]
by. James Robert Lay There’s a new breed of banks in town. With no physical location but a host of cool online and mobile features, digital-based financial institutions like Bluebird, GoBank, Moven and Simple [...]
by. Ron Shevlin The CFPB says that FIs spend US$17 billion on marketing and that just US$671 million, or about US$2 per person, is spent on financial education. And like uncritical, brain-dead [...]
As we move into 2014, there is one thing any one of us can predict for certain: Things will not slow down. We live in the age of speed. The way we do business today [...]
Mark Twain once said, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” For me, that day was Thursday, October 16, 2003. It [...]
The rule making process is sometimes involves give and take between the regulator and the regulated. The new CUSO Rule is a study in such give and take. A proposed CUSO amendment was introduced by [...]
We are on the lovely island of Maui covering the 2013 CUES Directors Conference and we ran into of all people CUES President and CEO Chuck Fagan. Chuck had a few minutes to spare, [...]
by. Fatemeh Fakhraie There are some disastrous websites out there in the financial industry. Your website may be one of them, and if so, there’s a good chance you’re annoying customers and members [...]
by. Christopher A. Pajack Over the past few years, the pre-employment screening process for job applicants has taken some unconventional turns. Gone are the days of relying solely on the traditional interview process followed by [...]
by. Henry Meier One of the twenty-five Christmas songs continually played by radio stations this time of year is John Lennon’s So This Is Christmas. I really do like the song, at least until [...]
