Whether you believe used car values are declining due to high interest rates, an improving (or worsening, depending on your perspective) inventory of new cars, or a slowing economy, the seemingly “free ride” car lenders [...]
Sekou Andrews believes in the power of words. He’ll provide the opening Ed (Filene) Talk at the 2023 CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC), Feb. 26 through March 2 in Washington D.C. The session [...]
Our latest Economic Update looks at our macroeconomic and credit union forecast for 2023. CUNA Senior Economist Ligia Vado notes the probability of a recession this year has slightly decreased, and CUNA expects GDP growth [...]
Twenty-nine credit union leaders from across the United States were designated as Credit Union Development Educators (CUDEs) after completing the National Credit Union Foundation’s signature Development Education (DE) program in February. This graduating class [...]
To say the banking sector constantly changes would be an understatement. Not only do customers expect more on top of regulations becoming stricter, but financial institutions have to reinvent themselves every time something new comes [...]
Even credit unions with top-notch compliance programs are applying extra scrutiny to their operations this year. That’s because a slew of intensifying pressures warrant additional care and feeding of governance, risk and compliance initiatives. [...]
The Defense Credit Union Council (DCUC) continues to evolve and take the lead advocating for the credit union industry and the members they serve. Since 1963, our trade association has endured and overcome challenges as [...]
Credit unions have always enjoyed higher customer engagement than their competitors. Because they don’t have to be concerned with pleasing Wall Street, these financial institutions can spend more time listening to the people they [...]
Thank you for tuning in to episode 154 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your host, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com. This episode is brought to you by Allied Solutions. Allied Solutions is focused [...]
You hunger to make your credit union the best that it can be. It can be a challenge. There’s a lot of competition. Rising interest rates. Talks of a recession. Is there a secret [...]
If you’ve worked at your credit union for a good chunk of time, chances are you’ve been around for a rebrand (or two). Sometimes it’s a name change that inspires the rebrand, [...]
CUNA joined with other financial services organizations in an amicus brief to clarify that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires furnishers and credit reporting agencies (CRA) to investigate and remove factually inaccurate information, but [...]
The NCUA held its February board meeting yesterday and unanimously approved a proposed rule that would reform several NCUA field of membership (FOM) requirements and definitions. The proposal includes a NAFCU-requested change to expand membership [...]
Research shows that the initial responses when people first talk about good news or share an idea or goal has a big impact on whether they further pursue that activity or idea. Having an inner [...]
The open banking landscape is filled with questions. They are not necessarily about the value that open application programming interface (API) integrations can deliver to financial institutions (FIs) and fintechs — that’s fairly well established [...]
