By Harry Stephens, DATAMATX In addition to rising postal rates, volume mailers in all industries are compelled to take on more tasks—and more complex tasks—in order to meet the standard to qualify for [...]
The compliance burden affects all financial organizations, often requiring them to extend compliance-related operational functions into new areas. To meet increasing regulatory obligations, financial institutions may be tempted to add staff and re-channel resources away [...]
By Frank Keating, CEO, American Bankers Association In an era of crushing deficits, is it appropriate for an extremely profitable $1 trillion industry to freeload while all other businesses in the United States pay their [...]
by Michael Hudson Earlier this month I accompanied my wife to the National Association of Realtors Convention in Orlando. I always find attending conferences in other industries enlightening and stimulating, and this one was no [...]
by Shazia Manus Alongside Iowa Credit Union League President & CEO Pat Jury and TMG Senior Advisor Jeff Russell, I recently attended the 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives in Quebec, Canada. It was exhilarating to [...]
by Henry Meier Suppose hackers take advantage of a credit union’s inadequate online security to steal member passwords and wire several hundred thousand dollars out of a member’s business account. The credit union [...]
by Brad Thaler, NAFCU I love trying new things and don’t have a strong aversion to risk, but I have never been cliff diving and don’t anticipate I ever will. Partially due to [...]
by: Sharon Simpson, Credit Union Marketing Solutions This weekend as I stood in the Galleria Mall in Dallas, TX waiting with thousands of others to see an ice skating, back-flipping Santa Claus (aka “Missile Toes” [...]
By: Ronaldo Hardy, Shell Geismar FCU I recently ran across a blog that I wrote a little more than two years ago for the Next Top Credit Union Exec blog. As I read it, I [...]
by Layne Weber, OneMain Remarketing After several consecutive months of declining prices, the wholesale used vehicle market began to stabilize in September and reversed course with an increase in average prices in October. Tom Webb [...]
by Jim Jerving Credit unions have been providing business loans since their beginnings more than a century ago. But like student loans, they are sometimes given and recorded as credit card or home equity products. [...]
by Mark Arnold Every office setting is a microcosm of humanity. Daily you’ll experience a sampling of people at their high and low points. As human beings, we’re all fallible and subject to [...]
by Matt Monge The music was absolutely dreadful, yet I continued subjecting myself to it; it was a crisis situation, after all. Anything having to do with pizza rises to that level for me. On [...]
by Keith Leggett NCUA's Office of the Inspector General (IG) released a report on the failure of Eastern New York Federal Credit Union. As of September 2012, the estimated loss to the NCUSIF was approximately $[...]
By Rebecca McClay Credit unions can soothe members' confusion about how looming tax increases will affect their finances. Former Washington Post copy editor Phillip Blanchard is right – there’s no need to use that scaremongering [...]
