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Demystifying the Dodd – Frank Remittance Transfer Rule

By Dominic Suszek, CEO, BSA Radar Customer Communication is Key to Compliance In July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act became law. Many of the details were unclear when Dodd-Frank was [...]

What I Learned at Compliance School

by David Curtis After spending a week in September at “The Happiest Place on Earth” for Compliance School, it is time to reflect on what I learned during the sessions. While there was a lot [...]

Top Ideas to Help Credit Union Members During a Disaster

Written by Robin Remines If you are planning for how your credit union will respond should a disaster occur for you or your community this post is for you. Now is the time to look [...]

How to Improve Your Front Porch: The “About Us” Page

Working on and improving your credit union or bank website is an in-depth and often arduous task. It is also an ongoing and repeated assignment (a lot like the crews responsible for painting the Golden [...]

Your Vote Counts: Best Banking Blogs 2012

Your Vote Counts: Best Banking Blogs 2012

Readers Choice Awards No single media outlet can cover everything that financial marketers need to know. Fortunately, there are dozens of blogs offering a wealth of retail banking insights, each with a unique focus and [...]

Remember, Remember, the Month of November

by Matt Monge November’s a big month for me. Two years ago this November I was just counting down the days until I went into surgery to have a cancerous tumor removed from my [...]

Social Tools Take FIs Back to their Roots

Written by Georgann Smith Twitter account? Check. Facebook page? Check. Company blog? Check. Like many businesses, financial institutions (FIs) have jumped on the social media bandwagon, creating accounts on all the networks their members are [...]

Presentations…First Things First

Written by Anthony Demangone All of us will be asked to make a presentation.  We may be the guest speaker at a high school graduation. Or we may be briefing the board on the performance [...]

How To Handle Third-Party Harassment

Suppose an examiner or a member starts making one of your employees feel uncomfortable by greeting her with sexually charged innuendos and asking her out on dates. Is  the credit union  on the hook for [...]

Top 5 Challenges for Credit Unions with Online Backups

by Kirk Drake If you are looking for an Online Backup or Data Vaulting solution that gets the regulators off your back – than this blog will probably make you nervous.  If however, you are concerned [...]