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 [...]
By. Don Emmer, Best Advantage Credit Union and The Cooperative Trust In today’s highly competitive and fast-paced market, organizations need strong, aggressive, employees and leaders to meet ever-changing business goals. The same goes for [...]
by Brad Powell, Axiaware I’ve been involved in many planning meetings. In today’s environment of technological expansion, institutions of all sizes must face the planning process with technology in mind – almost regardless of [...]
By. Ron Daly, DigitalMailer, Inc. The stakes are being raised on technology. At DigitalMailer, we work with credit unions across the county to help them incorporate today’s technology into more effective and efficient communication. [...]
