It feels weird to hear my generation be referred to as a collective group of people and talked about in terms of trends and buying power. Perhaps that is because everything “we” (millennials to use [...]
by. Brady Sahnow Does this sound familiar? Board: “Social Media and young adults are a strategic initiative this year.” You: “Awesome! Our whole team will be excited to work on that and I think it [...]
by. Glen Fossella Today, accuracy and transparency dictate how information is stored by financial institutions. As fraudsters evolve and regulations change to keep up, credit unions must stay on top of their game to be [...]
by. Henry Meier The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that community banks are slowly fading away. In an excellent analysis of the trend, the paper reports that the number of banking institutions in the [...]
by. Jimmy Marks Jeff Bezos is too busy making money to worry about whiners. My wife and I finished putting up our Christmas tree yesterday and sat down for a nice glass of wine and [...]
by. Matt Monge The underlying philosophy of servant leadership is important to grasp. Though it may at first glance seem to be an issue of semantics, the distinction between a leader who serves and a [...]
We're starting out December just right by flipping social media on its virtual head. And there's no better credit union to do that than Navy Federal Credit Union. Normally any whiff of a sales [...]
by Konrad Christensen In a recent interview, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray called prepaid card regulation a “front-burner issue” for the bureau. Referring to the prepaid card industry as a “booming” business, [...]
It’s been almost a full year since I became CUES’ president/CEO. Previously an executive vice president at PSCU, I had experience managing staff. But, not having been a CEO before, working for and [...]
Though not truly “rock n roll”, it would be a folly to not choose a Christmas song to use for the December edition of Rock N Roll for Credit Unions. For several weeks I reviewed [...]
How could more than $80,000 in cash disappear from a credit union if the credit union’s supervisory committee did cash counts once a month? It all started with a credit union’s question [...]
By Lisa Hochgraf The late Mike Walsh, who was CEO of Union Pacific Railroad and Tenneco Corp., once said, "If you can't stand taking hard action, don't go into management. It's like choosing to be [...]
Recently, Callahan & Associates presented their quarterly Trendwatch webinar. They crunch all the call report data and discuss Credit Union performance. I look forward to this information each quarter as I’m always anxious to [...]
by. Jim Ghiglieri Tech companies of all sizes are moving into the nation’s payments business, putting pressure on financial institutions (FIs) to innovate. In the ever-evolving world of payments, it’s essential for FIs [...]
by. Henry Meier Like a kid who slides a bad test score in front of her father on a busy Monday morning hoping he won’t notice the mark, the Obama Administration announced more bad [...]
