by. Nancy Hutchinson Traditionally, the CEO has come from just about any place but marketing or business development. Credit unions bent on operational excellence might look to their finance teams or their COO to take [...]
Credit unions make loans in lots of ways: autos, mortgages, home equity, secured and unsecured. Most of those traditional loan types are big-ticket items. So what if credit unions also made loans the small way? [...]
by. Henry Meier Well, we’re entering the third day of the health care exchanges set up to allow Americans who don’t have health insurance to purchase it cost effectively. So far the world [...]
Gartner recently highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2013. Analysts presented their findings during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, being held in Orlando, Florida through October 25. Gartner [...]
by. Robin Remines Sometimes you just need to know how to get started. I’m that way (especially when I’m blogging/writing – that first paragraph can be a killer) and credit unions across the [...]
If I asked you right now, could you tell me whether your board is living up to its full potential – or what that potential even entails? Would your assessment line up with the opinions of [...]
There’s a chill in the air, and a lot of talk about hopes, dreams, and goals for 2014. That’s right, it’s strategic planning season for credit unions as we prepare for the [...]
A few weeks ago, Credit.com released the findings from a poll that they conducted recently. They asked Americans from different age and gender groups what they considered to be the American Dream. Overall, 27.[...]
by. Michael Hudson Ideas are seductive. They move us beyond what we know, to consider what might be. They allow us to tap our inner genius as we explore possibilities without limits. Ideas can frustrate. [...]
Through the second quarter this year, credit unions again experienced continued growth in their membership and lending portfolios. While lending growth is projected to rise at a steady pace, the challenge for credit unions to [...]
by. Tom Picciano “It feels good to accomplish something every day.” Those are the words of a 93-year-man. He started hawking papers on a street corner as a pre-teen. Competition was pretty fierce among the [...]
by. Mike Lawson As the most recent recipient of the 2014 Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Individual Achievement, a well-deserved congratulations goes out to CO-OP Shared Branching's President Sarah Canepa Bang. It's also safe to [...]
by. Anthony Demangone As you read this, I'll be on my way to speak to a NAFCU member credit union's board of directors. I love speaking to boards, partly for selfish reasons. In order to [...]
by. Michele Dowis Every year credit union leaders get worked up about Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plan tests. When I’m onsite with clients, I hear so many comments about fear of failure. Don’[...]
It all started when I asked the CUES staff—even before I became their CEO in January—to send me several endings for this sentence, “Wouldn’t it be nice if … .” One of the top [...]
