The U.S. Agency for International Development/World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) Economic Inclusion Project introduced to more than 100 representatives of Peru’s financial sector a formal guide that will help them identify [...]
On a seasonally-adjusted basis, overall consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in February, with the overall consumer price index (CPI) growing 6 percent year-over-year. NAFCU Economist Noah Yosif analyzed the data in a new Macro [...]
Leaders have a huge impact on our employees’ state of mind. Virtually everything we do and say elicits a psychological reaction. We can make them feel positive, engaged and empowered, or we can strike fear [...]
Sometimes the perfect message is hidden away and hard to discover. Sometimes the right messaging opportunities are staring you in the face. But your community bank or credit union marketing strategy may be missing these [...]
Banking just isn’t the same as it used to be – products, people, and technology have all evolved. While at the end of the day the goal is the same (more people, more deposits, more [...]
A study of 10,000 millennials showed the four most hated brands were banks. This is probably why many of us have turned to alternative nonbanks and startups. However, credit unions are the original banking [...]
Small businesses are the backbone of America. But, too often, they partner with banks that don’t offer the personal touch, care or attention their business deserves. In this episode, we speak with Ryan Coaxum, [...]
What type of member information can be shared? Who can we share member’s information with? When can we share member’s information? NAFCU’s Compliance Team regularly fields these types of questions from our [...]
The importance of selecting the right cloud data warehouse in order to meet your enterprise analytics objectives and satisfy your stakeholders cannot be overstated. And given the costs associated with these data analytics implementation projects, [...]
Everyone in the credit union industry knows it’s all about people helping people. People are at the center of everything you do, from your employees and volunteers to your members and the entire community [...]
At a recent local chamber of commerce networking event, I met three people from three different financial institutions. The only remarkable thing about them? They were unremarkable. I literally had nothing to remark about them. [...]
While spending the week in Washington, D.C., GoWest Credit Union Association member credit unions were armed with rich data documenting how they are serving 16.5 million of those elected officials’ constituents across their [...]
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week is the second largest failure of a financial institution in U.S. history. The bank was shut down and put under the control of the FDIC following [...]
As President Joe Biden, lawmakers, and regulators Monday continued to address the failings of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger sent a message to member credit unions providing [...]
Credit unions are facing a difficult people problem, and it may not be the one that immediately comes to mind. While labor shortages and other Great Resignation-style woes continue to complicate the movement’s human [...]
