by: Dennis Zuehlke, Compliance Manager, Ascensus With just weeks to go until the November 6 presidential election, and all the polls showing a tight race, nothing is certain except that—unlike the lottery—there will [...]
by Kristen Christian, Speaker & Consultant, Founder of Bank Transfer Day Connecting financial cooperatives with members of the Millennial and Homeland generations will guarantee the success of credit unions, and therefore prosperity for the communities [...]
On December 13, 2005, Representative Jeb Hensarling (R -TX) requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate how the National Credit Union Association (NCUA) addresses the conversion of federally insured credit unions to mutual savings [...]
by Gina Ragusa For cash-strapped consumers, joining a credit union may be one of the easiest ways to save money. A recent study conducted by the Georgia Credit Union Affiliates found that credit union members [...]
Written by Georgann Smith A new report covered in the article Gen X Favors Credit, but Will Millennials Ever Drop Debit? claims “Gen X is now the leader in card ownership, as 83 percent own [...]
For an industry that has both a statutory mandate and a mission to provide services to people of modest means, the FDIC’s annual report on the unbanked and under banked provides an important source [...]
Written by Kirk Drake One of the most common questions we hear is “What should the credit union include in its Disaster Kit?” or “What supplies should the credit union have on hand for a [...]
by Matt Monge I’m at a conference in Austin right now, and I’m super stoked about being able to be part of it. Why am I stoked? Well, the idea behind this particular [...]
Several of the credit unions that we work with have recently either started offering payday loan alternatives or have started the investigative process. At first look, a conservative credit union exec would hold their hand [...]
by: Jennifer Bernhardt, Communications Manager, World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) International Credit Union Day is just around the corner. Every year, we rally around a common theme, find examples within our own credit union [...]
by: David Smith, Director of Statement Services, OSG Statement Services A common theme I often hear is that credit unions don’t think their members open their mailed statements. As an expert in transactional printing, [...]
About two months ago, I changed the tagline on this blog. Thanks a lot for noticing [sarcasm]. Google it. It’s a line from a Grateful Dead song, but it perfectly fits the tone and [...]
This seems like a simple question with a simple answer. Far from simple, we often find that when we ask this of credit unions, it leads to great strategic discussion about who the credit union [...]
Yesterday afternoon, a court in California ruled that former WesCorp CEO Robert Siravo was not entitled to depose NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz and former board member Gigi Hyland as part of his efforts to defend [...]
by Matt Monge Core values–or whatever you want to call them–are a BFD. Some folks might argue that they’re not that important, but I’d suggest they rethink that position because whether [...]
