By Scott Butterfield, Your Credit Union Partner During my time working in credit unions and while on the road, I’ve had the chance to observe –among other things – the way credit unions often unintentionally [...]
BY JACK ANTONINI The year 2012 produced highs and lows. From Team USA winning 104 medals in the 2012 Summer Olympics, of which 46 were gold – more than any non-boycotted Olympics since 1904 – to the [...]
By Marvin Garland, LEVERAGE, LSCU Service Corporation “Speed is becoming the biggest challenge for businesses today. Constant speed is not sufficient…is your credit union moving at the speed of business? Speed, flexibility, and rapid [...]
By Tim Blake, Blake Design Credit unions have long played the role of “underdog” in the war against “successful” corporate banks. Obviously, this role has served them well. After all, credit unions nationwide continue to [...]
By Ron Daly Well, my plan to invest my retirement in forever stamps is paying off nicely. Yesterday, the United States Postal Service increased the price of a stamp to $0.46. The rest of [...]
Sixty percent of U.S. credit union members think their institution is doing a great job at providing innovative technology, according to a survey of online banking customers. That compare with 49% of large national [...]
by Pat Bator This whacked-out, oft-censored, and certain-Canadian-export-loving Senior Research Analyst constantly heard from his parents in his formative years that having a higher education would translate into success later in life. The message was [...]
I distinctly recall the moment a few years ago when, as a bumbling new dad trying to calm down a very loud screaming baby boy in the foyer of a theatre, I was confronted by [...]
by Ryan Donovan Let’s just pick up right where we left off in my last post: “While nothing is certain, the promise of a vote seems as firm as possible at this stage. Winning [...]
By Mark Arnold Management team meetings can be boring. Everyone goes around the table and shares updates from their departments. Blah, blah, blah. Too much reporting and not enough dialoging. Lots of talking and very [...]
by Steve Topper The success of an integrated marketing campaign depends largely on the occurrence of synergy - synergy being the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Generally, we define an integrated [...]
By Heather Horrocks, Momentum Being relatively new to this industry, I find the on-going branching debate fascinating. From a credit union’s perspective, and any business for that matter, you want to spend as much [...]
by Anthony Demangone Credit unions have entered the world of social media. Blogs. Facebook pages. Twitter feeds. As a former journalist, and from someone who launched two blogs, I've researched a good deal on how [...]
Never a dull moment when Wescom Credit Union/Wescom Resources Group CTO John Best stops by the show. And his latest visit just prior to the holidays certainly delivered, as Mr. Best provided us [...]
By Mark Arnold Many of you may already be familiar with the “Seven Deadly Sins,” an extra-Biblical listing of vices that evolved in ancient times. It was further made famous by Dante’s masterwork The [...]
