8 Advantages of Introverts
By Matt Monge In this post, we talked about how introverts sometimes get a bad rap, particularly in the workplace. I think we should take it a step further though. I think a strong case [...]
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Can Credit Unions Help Consumers Out Of The Cycle Of Payday Loans?
12 million Americans get a payday loan every year, racking up $7.4 billion annually in expensive debt. According to a study from Pew Charitable Trusts, the average payday loan is $375, although most borrowers [...]
3 Reasons For Credit Unions to Acquire More Checking Accounts
By. Sean McDonald, Your Full Potential I know what you may be thinking after reading that title. We don’t need deposits right now, we need loans!” I get it. I agree with that sentiment. [...]
Creative Collisions
By. Matt Davis, Filene The skies over Russia lit up last month with a 10,000 ton meteorite. Within a flash 500 kilotons of of energy struck the earth, injuring hundreds and scaring all of [...]
Want to Grow Purchase Mortgage Volumes? Make Friends With a Realtor®
By Tina Powers, CU Realty Services To increase first mortgages at your credit union, who you know matters – especially if it’s a Realtor®. That’s one premise of a soon-to-be released white paper by [...]
Pushing the Credit Union Envelope with Filene’s Matt Davis
After a year or so of trying to schedule an interview with the ever-elusive Filene's Innovation Director Matt Davis (he's a busy dude), we bumped into each other at the 2013 GAC. So I [...]
Ethics, Ego, And Altitude
By Andy Janning This is the SeQual Integra 10, a 10-liter portable oxygen concentrator. When coupled with a nasal cannula, it helps the user get the oxygen they need so they can actually enjoy the [...]
The One Key Question About Retail Banking’s Future
By Ron Shevlin In connection with its Retail Banking conference, American Banker ran an article titled Five Key Questions about Retail Banking’s Future which included the following questions: 1. How many branches should we [...]
Google’s Killing Its RSS Reader. How Will Your Readership Survive?
By Ron Daly There are times when the leader of a business knows he or she has to kill off a product. In some cases, this is celebrated. In others, it's met with many loud [...]
What Every Leader Should Know About Onboarding
By. Megan Webb-Morgan As a leader within your business, you may look at the amount of time your HR department spends on new employee onboarding and have a few questions. While it is generally accepted [...]
Every Consumer Is A Mystery Shopper
By. Mark Arnold Mystery shops provide invaluable feedback (both on your competitors and yourself). When conducting marketing audits or branding plans for our clients we typically mystery shop a client’s own branches and their [...]
Credit Union Cloud Obstacles
By Kirk Drake For those of you following our series – last time we covered Credit Union Cloud benefits. Now for those of you that are serious about learning about Cloud for Credit Unions – we will [...]
Recruiting, Incenting and Motivating a Top Notch Credit Union CEO
By Charles Shanley, JMFA As a Board member for your credit union, hiring and retaining the right CEO is the most important decision your Board will make. And despite the challenging economy and the number [...]
Don’t Make These Mistakes When Dealing With Problems
by Anthony Demangone As managers, we deal with problems. At least we're supposed to. Dan Rockwell wrote a wonderful piece about the common mistakes we make when dealing with problems. I'll leave you to read [...]
A Case For Change
By. Kristen Christian , Bank Transfer Day We’ve watched the cooperative movement grow in leaps and bounds over the past year and a half. Bank Transfer Day was a catalyst that would continue to spawn [...]