by. Matt Monge November’s a big month for me. Two years ago this November I was just counting down the days until I went into surgery to have a cancerous tumor removed from my [...]
by. Anthony Demangone Last week was one of those weeks. I travelled a bit. We had an executive committee meeting. And we presented our 2014 budget. We put the finishing touches on a management strategic [...]
Selfies. You see teenagers and lovebirds everywhere taking pictures of themselves. While a little egocentric in nature, selfies do show a lot: about yourself. There is little of the outside world in a selfie: it’[...]
Guest post written by Trevor Rasmussen, Content Marketing Manager, Deluxe Corporation. Deluxe Financial Services is the NAFCU Services Preferred Partner for Check Printing, Online Check Ordering, Check Fraud Prevention, and Member Loyalty Solutions. A recent [...]
Credit unions often ask us at Advisors Plus if they should price their credit card APRs on a variable or non-variable basis. It’s a conversation that our Credit Consulting team has always welcomed—even [...]
I enjoy fishing. It was something my father, brother and I did together. I think most people that fish (or hunt) probably learned those skills from their father. However, many people don’t like to [...]
With the end of the government shutdown, investors turned their attention to the economic data. The September Employment report was weaker than expected, while the rest of the data released this week was mixed. As [...]
by. Fatemah Fakhraie Last week, we did a webinar on ways you can successfully use Twitter for your credit union or bank. Kayla and I talked about major reasons most brands use Twitter, ways financial [...]
by. Linnea Solem Operational risk management and compliance management today require levels of management and board reporting. Traditional risk management annual reporting was constructed of key status of compliance programs, including approvals of policies and [...]
So these cell phone things seem like they're going to stick around, huh? The movement towards digital marketing has been happening so quickly that it seems perfectly reasonable that your company or brand may have [...]
by. James Robert Lay I recently participated as a panelist in the "Not for CEOs" panel discussion at this year's CU Water Cooler Symposium. One of the questions asked was about how many credit unions [...]
by. Mike Lawson Digital Mailer's President/CEO and Founder Ron Daly has a well-respected industry blog named "CU Soapbox". On his virtual platform, Ron addresses various, pressing issues related to credit unions and financial services. [...]
Even though nearly half of all banks and credit unions offer rewards for debit card use, few consumers give a rip. All people really want is mobile banking and free ATMs. So why do financial [...]
If you follow mortgage news and the Washington DC news, you’ve undoubtedly seen that there is another political battle underway in regards to housing finance. That shouldn’t surprise you. The Democrats and Republicans [...]
A few years back, Stanford University-connected IDEO delivered on the challenge of reinventing the shopping cart in only five days. In this video from ABC’s “Nightline,” you can see how the company’s team [...]
