BY ROY PAGE According to the Survey of the States conducted by the Council for Economic Education in 2011, only 22 states require high school students to complete an economics course, with only 16 requiring [...]
by. Henry Meier Are your loan originators work-a-day Joe’s whose lack of discretion makes them more analogous to assembly line workers who simply put together part of a mortgage or does your typical originator [...]
by. Tim Daugherty So you’ve been tasked with the annual credit union disaster recovery plan update ? You graciously accepted the task and smile broadly until your boss walks away. Once those words are spoken [...]
by. Carl Meiswinkel From tracking loan payments to uploading information from loan applications, all credit unions use data. But are we using it effectively or does it just seem like clumps of random facts? Most [...]
We all know the importance of cross-selling for credit unions and on today's show we take it a step further with Micronotes' cross-sell technology for digital banking. Micronotes Christian Klacko explains how his company [...]
by Steve Topper As a consumer, I’ve quickly grown tired of hearing these four words. Perhaps you have too. What are they? Here’s a hint: They were thrust upon us by the social [...]
by Mark Arnold If you’ve ever tried implementing change at your credit union or bank, you know how difficult it can be. In fact, it is a lot like Running the Gauntlet, the title [...]
You would have to be under a rock in the credit union system to not know about the groundbreaking “Don’t Tax My Credit Union” advocacy campaign launched by CUNA and the Leagues this past [...]
The 2013 edition of World Council of Credit Unions Conference is set to take place in a few more sleeps (it’s like Christmas!) in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. This will be third time [...]
by Anthony Demangone Hosting a conference is not easy. It is akin to hosting a party. The party is for them, not you. So while your guests are having a good time, you're working hard [...]
by Heather Horrocks Gensler recently released its 2013 U.S. Workplace Survey, which used a sample of 2,035 respondents to better understand the workplace, design trends, and employee preferences. An interesting finding of the [...]
by Josh McAfee Being a part of the CUES Greater Southern Council has been one of the biggest blessings of my career to-date. (Local CUES Councils are a benefit of CUES NextGen Membership, which all [...]
by Tim Bruculere If you think you’ve heard enough about interest rate risk lately, you’re probably not alone. Recent regulations require many credit unions to have a written policy on interest rate risk ([...]
As we enter the planning season with a marginally better economy than last year, banks and credit unions are faced with margin compression, high operating expenses, new competitors and channel disruption that challenge even the [...]
by. Henry Meier This article from Politico summarizes my feelings about the latest actions of the FED. Chairman Bernanke prides himself on reducing uncertainty in financial markets by more publicly articulating the FED’s view [...]
