by. Ron Daly Yesterday, the Twitter account of the Associated Press was hacked and a misleading tweet was posted, claiming that the White House and the President had been attacked. This, of course, was not [...]
Successful credit unions are always anchored by successful boards of directors. My travels afford me the opportunity to work with some of the most successful credit unions in our movement today. These credit unions stand [...]
The content of this article is opinion (and insight) from a member of Gen Y. While time has passed with many conversations about reaching the youthful Gen Y strongly resembling an episode of Steve Erwin's [...]
This week’s annual celebrations and educational efforts supporting Earth Day show the fight for a clean environment continues. While your credit union may encourage employees and members to recycle their Coke cans and plastic [...]
This list shows the U.S. credit unions that have either failed or have been placed into conservatorship in 2012 or 2013, and it is updated weekly. Most of the credit unions are acquired, and, [...]
by Mark Arnold As credit union and banking executives, we tend to live our lives in bubbles. We talk our own language (debt ratios, risk based lending, return on investment, margins, spreads, etc.). The reality [...]
Which of the following would you rather have at your CDFI? MORE people and organizations know ABOUT you The same number of people and organizations know about you, but UNDERSTAND your brand BETTER? If you [...]
by Jeff Falk In the past few years, the financial industry has gone through a series of events that have changed the way it does business — the implementation of the Durbin Amendment and Dodd-Frank legislation, [...]
by Matt Monge Apple’s virtual assistant Siri was designed to learn and get more sophisticated over time. The evolution in Siri’s capability and the increase in value she brings happen as users build [...]
by Pierre Cardenas Today’s credit unions have access to deposits that are cheaper than ever before. So why isn’t it easier to make money from these low-cost deposits? Most credit unions are finding [...]
By Casey Bond Depositors are told time and again that local institutions, particularly credit unions, beat big banks in terms of customer service, fees and interest rates. But how great is the difference, really? And [...]
by. Walt Laskos, The Laskos Group How would you define your credit union's social media strategy? Do you even have one? I happen to monitor a number of credit unions that are using social media [...]
by Jim Blaine Well, I had lined up several more mortgage pieces for this week, but the comments from yesterday -particularly Doug Ferraro's - give me pause. Hope you will go back to the 4/[...]
My colleagues and I talk frequently about the coming changes in mortgage lending. The 100-years refinance (exaggeration intended) cycle will end this year or next. In its place is likely to be the most sustained [...]
The bad news is that compliance with federal regulations continues to become more and more complicated. Changes are occurring at light speed. This poses a particularly onerous burden on credit unions that often do not [...]
