NAFCU Senior Regulatory Affairs Counsel Aminah Moore wrote to the Treasury Department in response to the Interagency Community Reinvestment Committee’s (ICIC) request for information regarding opportunities and challenges in federal community investment programs. In [...]
Digital transformation remains a high priority in the banking industry for a number of reasons. The primary one is that it can help banks to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations. By streamlining [...]
One of the incredible side effects of wealth is that it doesn’t just make your life better—it can also improve the lives of your children, and potentially even your grandchildren. This is due [...]
State attorneys general from both parties agree that the U.S. Supreme Court should consider whether the CFPB’s current funding scheme is legal. But that’s where the agreement ends. The state officials vehemently [...]
The next generation of fintech is just around the corner. Gen 1 brought financial institutions greater technological integration during the dot-com boom, and Gen 2 delivered traditionally in-person functions digitally thanks to APIs and the [...]
Credit unions and other financial institutions provide key services for consumers and businesses, but many have difficulty connecting with customers in the digital space in a meaningful way. Digital customer engagement platforms allow credit unions [...]
Copywriting is hard. But more importantly, copywriting (if done right) creates a distinct brand voice. As copywriter Ann Handley says, “In an online world, our words are our emissaries; they tell the world who we [...]
What is your credit union’s long term vision for its staff? Maybe you think you have things under control—you have a strong team with a mix of backgrounds and experience. Things are looking [...]
CUNA and Leagues collaborate each year to build our advocacy agenda, and it starts with a hard look at what worked, what didn’t, and what we can do for consumers in the year ahead. [...]
Philanthropy is the “Love of Humankind” ... a desire to contribute to the welfare of others and help to create a better world. Philanthropy evokes images of the Rockefellers, The Gates Foundation and those names on [...]
#18-1750. That’s the magic Pantone® Color of the Year 2023. After 2021’s snoozer Ultimate Gray and 2022’s calming Very Peri, it’s time to shake off the doldrums and launch into 2023 [...]
CUNA announced Robert Lewis has been hired as its new executive vice president and chief advocacy officer. Lewis, the founder and president/CEO of the Van Aucker Group, has more than 20 years of legislative [...]
The Federal Reserve Board Friday adopted a final rule that identifies benchmark rates based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) to replace the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) in certain financial contracts after June [...]
My closest friends and employees know a few things about my love of Christmas, one of them being that my wife and I open a storage bin of Christmas DVDs on Nov. 1 and don’[...]
It’s no secret that more and more credit unions are facing liquidity challenges – many are loaned out with more low yield, longer-term assets on the balance sheet than they might want during a period [...]
