Is Navy Federal Credit Union a nonbank systemically important financial institution (SIFI)? Dodd-Frank Act requires designated nonbank SIFIs to be supervised by the Board of Governors and subject to prudential standards. Title I of [...]
Posted by Lisa Many of you have heard me speak or have read on this blog about pre-competitive collaboration. This is where competitor companies analyze their processes and determine which ones are pre-competitive (i.e. [...]
by Matt Monge I’m about to kill my own little culture consulting practice with two words. I’m going to spare you the time, effort, and cash commitment connected with contracting a consultant to [...]
by Susan Dyer Are you “in the know”? Every morning I read the local paper, and go online to check national news sources and social media sites. I like to know what has happened while [...]
by Bob Dorsa It’s that time again, planning for a New Year. The process seems to be about the same as in the past but the stakes seem so much higher and uncertainty remaining [...]
What’s the difference between a bank and a credit union? Credit union marketers tend to make a mountain out of a molehill when it comes to that age-old question. We struggle with the [...]
By Sean McDonald I am an unapologetic and unabashed advocate of credit unions (really ANY business for that matter) providing outstanding service at a every turn. In my book, Stop Complaining, Start Growing, it is [...]
BY SARAH SNELL COOKE Various segments of credit unions are in great denial regarding the world around them. Considerable hand-wringing takes place over the issues of industry consolidation and why more credit unions aren’t [...]
By Steve Rodgers “If Facebook was a country, it would be the world’s third largest,” says George Balchev, online marketing manager at Alliant Credit Union in Chicago. “And 93% of marketers use social media [...]
By Brad Banyas CEO, OMI “Marketing” can mean many different things – different techniques, different technologies and different approaches. But in the end it all comes down to the perception of your brand in the eyes [...]
Written by Brian Scott Soon, merchants wishing to reduce their security compliance burden will begin deploying dual interface point of sale (POS) technology to support contact and NFC chip transactions. For example, if by the [...]
By Benjamin Rogers Brain food in the morning and field goals in the evening. What could be better? Thank you for joining us at the 2012 big.bright.minds meeting in Ann Arbor. Having all [...]
by: James Robert Lay, Grower of Relationships, PTP NEW MEDIA & CU*SWAG It’s International Credit Union week and I have been doing a lot of thinking about positioning credit unions in local communities [...]
As a Texan, I own many hats: a Cowboy hat, a baseball cap (Texas Rangers) and a Dallas Cowboys hat. I even own a special hat (that absorbs sweat) for when I run and a [...]
by: Henry Meier, Associate General Counsel, Credit Union Association of New York Credit Unions are constrained by 20th century laws and regulations as the 21st century firmly takes hold. Unless we achieve fundamental changes in [...]
