How Do You Make This a Core Capability of Your Credit Union? Significant changes in financial services over the past few years have brought increased regulatory scrutiny, new compliance policies and heightened public concerns. For [...]
by Anthony Demangone The Washington Post business section publishes wonderful "Question and Answer" articles with successful/famous CEOs. Nearly every one gives me something to think about. Last Friday, they published another gem that highlights [...]
Paying Board Members Can Be A Logical Process by Sarah Snell Cooke ’m very much what you see is what you get. I feel the need to forewarn bosses that I will always be honest [...]
On of the toughest jobs a leader can take on is leading horizontally and leading up. Leading without authority or the power of title is a critical skill that all great leaders have learned. Even [...]
by Tim Mislansky Last week, I was in Seattle for a family vacation. Seattle has a reputation for being a place where it always rains. And true to form, it rained almost every day we [...]
by. Konrad Christensen In my previous post “Why Consumers Choose Prepaid Cards,” I referenced a series of focus group findings with prepaid card consumers from Pew Health Group’s Financial Security Portfolio. The focus groups [...]
by. Henry Meier The Supreme Court’s recent rulings striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and refusing to consider a challenge to California’s same sex marriage law are sure to give new [...]
I was recently talking to a friend of mine who shared an experience he had at his credit union. “I walked in last Friday and all of the staff were wearing t-shirts that said Ask [...]
What lessons can a private sector, relatively low-level, 29-year-old security analyst turned globe-trotting fugitive and leaker of top secret government data collection programs teach credit unions? More than you might think. Technology has put you [...]
Last month, 13 credit union leaders from five countries met at World Council of Credit Unions’ headquarters in Madison, Wis., to discuss how social and digital media can best be used to increase membership among [...]
by Jim Blaine, Despite the massive legal and legislative wranglings, over the last few years, between retailers and credit card issuers, one major source of argument and friction remains unresolved. That issue, that source of [...]
by Mark Arnold In a recent post (The One Thing), we asked several financial services experts, “What is the one strategic thing credit unions or banks must do to grow?” We received keen insights from [...]
by. Robin Remines Continuing with our Ongoing Operations Intel – CFO – Bill Wells weighs in on credit union cloud efficiencies! Finance teams in small and medium sized organizations have historically been located together, usually at headquarters. [...]
by. Shari Storm In 2012 I compiled “23 Credit Union Truths” for this blog site and we later discussed them on the Current Issues in Credit Unions podcast. Truth number 9 was “You can spend $[...]
by. Henry Meier Depending on which tea leaves you choose to read, the FED is either signaling that it is damming the torpedos and going full speed ahead with a gradual easing of its bond [...]
