What Kind of Credit Union Leader Are You?
by: Scott Butterfield, CUDE, CUCE, CCUE, Your Credit Union Partner I’m blessed to work with an amazing group of credit union leaders who tend to fly under the radar, well out of the limelight. [...]
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8 Reasons to Use a Credit Union Call Center Outsourcer (Part I)
by: Steven Holmes, VP Strategic Development, AnyHour Solutions This article is the first in a two part series exploring the benefits credit unions gain by partnering with a call center outsourcer. By “outsourcer” here we’[...]
Lessons Credit Unions can Learn from the Headlines
by: Hon. Daniel A. Mica, Principal, The DMA Group In today’s lightspeed information-sharing environment, the pursuit of truth is less interesting than the perception of fault. Whether it’s “the leftist media” or the “[...]
Credit Union Life with a Touch of Gold
by: Michael Downs, VP of Marketing, Momentum Integrating one’s brand throughout an organization is certainly easier said than done, but credit unions that successfully “live the brand” understand the powerful influence it can have [...]
The Credit Union Decade?
by: Jay Kassing, President, MARQUIS Crazy cool news this week - the total assets now held by credit unions has topped $1 Trillion. This is awesome! Congratulations! Yet for the past generation or so, Credit [...]
Risk Assessments for Credit Unions: Accurate, Up-to-Date Policies, Procedures
by: Marvin M. Garland, Chief Operating Officer, LEVERAGE Departmental and institutional compliance reviews have never been easy. And today, with regulators demanding that financial institutions incorporate in-house risk assessments, compliance reviews have become even more [...]
Credit Unions’ Social Media Evolution – The Great Connection
by: Michael Ogden, Media Relations Manager for New Media, CUNA Mutual Group Credit unions are going through a period of social media evolution - what I’ve been referring to as “The Great Connection.” We’[...]
Treasury Recommends Changes to Underreporting of Retirement Income
by: Dennis Zuehlke, Compliance Manager, Ascensus The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has recommended changes to Form 1099-R, Distributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc., to reduce taxpayer [...]
Dr. Seuss for Credit Unions: Green Eggs, Ham & Auto Loans
It’s not unique to your credit union. Not at all. The many folks who we work with and talk to at credit unions across the country have the same dilemma. “How can we get [...]
Treasury Recommends Changes to Underreporting of Retirement Income
by: Dennis Zuehlke, Compliance Manager, Ascensus The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has recommended changes to Form 1099-R, Distributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc., to reduce taxpayer [...]
Treasury Recommends Changes to Identify Underreporting of Retirement Income
by: Dennis Zuehlke, Compliance Manager, Ascensus The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has recommended changes to Form 1099-R, Distributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc., to reduce taxpayer [...]
Are Credit Unions LOST?
by: James Robert Lay, Grower of Relationships, PTP NEW MEDIA & CU*SWAG Take a moment. Close your eyes. And imagine this. You are on a plane flying through the air. Suddenly and for no [...]
Mission Creep? Credit Unions Recognize that Times Have Changed
by: Henry Meier, Associate General Counsel, Credit Union Association of New York Since their inception credit unions have been charged with the noble goal of helping Americans, including those of modest means, pool together their [...]
The E-Scan Report: The Credit Union Movement’s GPS
by: Steve Rodgers, Editorial Director, CUNA Strategic planning. To some, the phrase conjures up vague notions of “the economy” that, at once, seem too complicated to fully understand and too abstract to inspire any real [...]
Credit Unions and Social Media – Growing Rapidly & Changing Just as Fast
by: Don Emmer, Financial Architect, Best Advantage Credit Union & The Cooperative Trust In today’s world you can’t open a website or look at a print ad without seeing a symbol for Facebook, [...]