The New Year is a perfect opportunity to reassess how your credit union engages with your community and look toward enhancements. While Zogo’s passion is educating, we also love to learn from our users — [...]
Every generation of credit union marketers is eventually faced with a changing economy, which requires a promotion of deposits and membership alongside loans. Sure, shares aren’t as glamorous as a new car or house. [...]
During my discussions with Michigan credit union leaders this year, the conversation inevitably touches on a topic that’s affecting much more than just our industry: talent retention. We talk about how leaders can or [...]
Congress released the text of an omnibus bill Tuesday morning that would fund the federal government through Sept. 30, 2023 and contains several credit union priorities. The Senate is expected to take up the bill [...]
NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger published an op-ed in American Banker expressing disappointment in the NCUA Board for unanimously approving an operating budget that is 7.5 percent higher than the previous year. Berger [...]
After 34 years at the executive level in lending for two different credit unions that are now multi-billion in size, my leadership style is what I refer to “leadership by tidbits.” Admittedly, I am not [...]
The holidays can already be a stressful time of year, and money is one of the leading causes of holiday anxiety for Americans. But this year, typical holiday stress is exacerbated by inflationary forces. The [...]
Last week’s blog featured one of the most common questions we’re asked when a credit union engages us in a strategic marketing relationship: How long until this stuff starts working? I realize, you [...]
Christmas may be brutal for many families in 2022, particularly with residual pandemic stresses. And they feel it coming. They have been holding on to budgets (or not!) for most of the year, and they’[...]
As 2022 comes to a close, it seems inevitable that organizations will look back at both successes and missed opportunities. At VisiFI, we’re looking ahead to 2023, the issues impacting the credit union industry, [...]
Look around. Everywhere you look, there’s someone else. A person. People. Many people. Ask them anything. Ask them about their favorite sports team, the best season of the year or the color of the [...]
Generation Z (people born after 1997) is aspirational, incredibly diverse and driven to succeed. Yet, according to Gallup, Gen Z has the lowest workplace engagement rate of all working generations – 31% to be exact. How [...]
As I have been visiting credit unions across the nation, several questions have been posed to me. Here’s one that may offer some helpful guidance: Question: Are we still at risk of penalties and [...]
It was July, and I was exhausted. About five years after I started my leadership business, I was busy with clients and traveling locally and nationally for speaking events. By that summer, I was feeling [...]
Credit unions and other financial institutions need a reasonable transition period to comply with sudden changes in the 2020 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) final rule, CUNA and other trades wrote to Federal Financial Institution [...]
