by. Henry Meier This week Senator Corker (R-Tennessee) and Senator Warner (D-Virginia) proposed legislation to bring about a post Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac FHA world. The legislation is broadly along the lines of what I [...]
by. Mark Arnold As marketers we write a lot. And a lot of crap. We use (or more like overuse) words such as community, service, people, great, rates, free, etc. As I mentioned in a [...]
by. Matt Wilcox Funny thing about interactive media. They’re not free. That, however, is not the funny thing. The funny thing is that, somehow, users think they’re free. You can hardly blame them. [...]
by. Lisa Hochgraf An email I got from LinkedIn awhile back caught my attention because it was about the "best career mistake Deepak Chopra and others have made." I like Chopra, author of such best-selling [...]
by. Sean McDonald A few weeks back, I wrote a couple of posts that focused on the importance of getting your credit union’s members to make your CU their Primary Financial Institution (PFI.) Of [...]
For the almost five years that I have sat on the NCUA Board, national trade organizations, credit unions across the country and NCUA have tried to convince Congress to pass enabling legislation to increase the [...]
It’s nearly impossible these days to attend a credit union conference or read a trade publication without hearing about the urgent need for credit unions to attract and retain Millennials. It’s a hot [...]
Research shows an important chain reaction. Satisfied employees create loyal members who in turn become apostles for your business. These apostles are your best members. They create new members and drive profit and growth. A [...]
by Anthony Demangone I stumbled upon a great article recently that discussed the role of the CEO in establishing a company's culture. As you might expect, the article notes that today, successful CEOs see the [...]
by Steve Rick Credit union loan balances rose 4.4% in 2012, fueled by 9% growth in new-auto loans. Also on the rise were used-auto loans (8.2%), fixed-rate first mortgages (5.9%), and credit [...]
The brief story of the life of the Xbox One so far reads like a cautionary tale of marketing misadventure. Unconfirmed information, customer backlash, and a complete overhaul of plans have already plagued Microsoft since [...]
by. Jim Blaine Can feel you cringing all the way from here ... !! ... because the "august ones" remain peculiarly sensitive to discussions of those "all-caps", regulatory dromedaries. Thought you might like to see a few excerpts [...]
by. Derek Elmerick and Kristopher Lazzaretti Prepaid debit card adoption continues to soar. As more competitors enter the market, the role of marketing becomes increasingly important. Here’s your checklist for success. Using analytics to [...]
I was at the Fiserv Analyst Day on Monday and enjoyed an excellent session by Tom Roberts on social payments and the evolution of Popmoney. One slide Tom displayed has two columns of companies he [...]
While unemployment rates and overall economic activity have continued to slowly improve, mortgage default rates have also started to slow. Nonetheless, mortgage defaults are still significantly higher than pre-crisis levels, and it is expected to [...]
