By. James Robert Lay, PTP NEW MEDIA & CU*SWAG Time is flying this year as we are already in February. How are you fairing on implementing your credit union’s strategic plan? Good, I [...]
By Ron Daly 'm an iPhone guy. When most of my peers were pecking away at a Blackberry hard-key, I was tapping and swiping my touchscreen wonder-phone. I'm currently working with an iPhone 4s, having [...]
By. Tom Gandre, PCSU EMV (Europay, MasterCard, VISA), the world’s standard for inter-operation of “smart cards” or "chip cards,” occupies a powerful position in the future state of the payments ecosystem. The technology represents [...]
by Anthony Demangone NCUA recently issued a letter to credit unions that highlights its regulatory focus for 2013. Where will NCUA focus? Operational risk, specifically looking at technology and internal controls. Balance sheet management, zeroing [...]
By Matt Monge It’s a tough spot for a recruiter or hiring manager. On one hand you really need to fill that position. Work is piling up, your team is falling further and further [...]
by Jon Jeffreys The current debt in the U.S. causes many investors to take on more risk; is it worth it? In a February research note put out by Bill Gross at PIMCO, he [...]
By Keith Leggett Now is the time to eliminate the $2 billion annual credit-union tax subsidy, ABA said yesterday in a question-and-answer-formatted email message to all House and Senate members. ABA questioned why tax-paying households [...]
While the process of forecasting may be equal parts art and science, highly evolved enterprises use a solid, collaborative process based on timely, aggregated data for generating accurate business forecasts. Three standard aspects come into [...]
By Lisa Hochgraf You can’t always be the best, so be really great at being you, Michael Neill, CSE, told attendees of CUES Symposium: A CEO/Chairman Exchange. To do this, credit unions need [...]
By Jim Perry When working with community banks and credit unions across the country we often hear the belief expressed that large banks are somehow less of a competitive threat because they are not perceived [...]
By Mark Arnold If you had just ten words to describe why people should do business with your financial institution, what would they be? Do these words differentiate your financial institution from all others? If [...]
by Kevin Garabedian, Senior Director for Small and Midsize Business at SAS Institute, Inc. Data underpins the operations and strategic decisions of every business. Yet these days, data is generated faster than it can be [...]
By Mark Dudley Greg Glassman founded CrossFit in 2000. He’s since opened up over 5,000 affiliate gyms. CrossFit describes its strength and conditioning program as “constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement.” The program’[...]
By Tom Glatt, Jr On February 5, 2013, Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth A. Duke gave a speech at the Southeastern Bank Management and Director’s Conference in which she shared her views regarding the future [...]
By. Sharon Simpson, Ongoing Operations Watching the first half of the Super Bowl, most people assumed the Ravens’ victory was in the bag. They had such momentum. Then the power went out for 30 minutes [...]
