Monthly bills, unexpected emergencies, and the subsequent credit card debt have been known to surprise. Rent due, and your credit union member found themselves with more month than money; tire blows out on the freeway [...]
Credit unions have always been member-first financial institutions that offer exceptional customer service in the banking sector. In an era of sweeping consolidation in banking, credit unions remain community-oriented institutions that provide the high-quality, personalized [...]
The other day, my wife and I were having a conversation and she used a phrase with me that I’d never heard before. She said something about “parenting out loud” and it caught my [...]
Can you translate, “Donde está la biblioteca?” How about, “Où est la bibliothèque?” Admit it. You still remember. You most likely learned a second language in high school. Some of us were lucky enough [...]
As I’ve written about before, in 2020 I left the bright lights of show business and my legions of adoring fans to follow my dreams into chemical manufacturing. Ok, maybe legions of fans is [...]
Young adults should go into college or the workforce with a "baseline understanding of how money works," Credit Union League of Connecticut President/CEO Bruce Adams wrote in The Hartford Courant. Adams wrote in support [...]
NAFCU Chief Economist and Vice President of Research Curt Long appeared on CNBC to discuss how consumer spending makes up nearly 70% of the economy and if that remains high, a recession may not materialize. “[...]
As promised last month, I’ll mix in a little bit of storytelling to my articles for a while. I’ll be celebrating 40 years in lending in September and 35 years at the executive [...]
Features to make digital credit card applications shorter, speedier and less confusing for consumers are becoming more common. Keynova Group has found that top credit card issuers are increasingly taking steps to address abandonment of [...]
Yep, you read that right. New. Venmo. Credit. Card. It’s a good reminder that your FinTech competitors aren’t just in the peer-to-peer payments business anymore. They’re issuing debit cards, credit cards and [...]
According to the latest Federal Trade Commission data as reported by the fraud prevention education program First Line of Defense, the number of reported scams in 2022 decreased by half a million compared to 2021; [...]
It has never been more important for community lenders to be capable of meeting customers’ demands for seamless digital lending services. Customers want to keep their banking within the community, but they also expect access [...]
I don’t know about you, but I’ve reopened many things in my life. My favorite thing to reopen is the plate of leftovers that my sister hid in the refrigerator the night before. [...]
Thank you for tuning in to episode 160 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your host, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com. This episode is brought to you by CUES, the credit union industry’s [...]
Credit unions face some of the most sophisticated and financially damaging cyberattacks, with data security being a prime target. A security breach can create a snowball effect with consequences impacting an entire region. As credit [...]
