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How technology improves experience

How technology improves experience

There are always conversations about how credit unions can increase efficiency while improving member and employee experience. “Generating more efficiency and removing friction in our member experiences. Those overall topics have been around forever,” says [...]

Buy now, pay later risks exposed as delinquencies grow

Buy now, pay later risks exposed as delinquencies grow

In the ever-evolving era of online commerce, consumers have embraced a new form of payment at the purchasing page called “buy now, pay later”: drop 25 percent-or-so money down, then pay the rest in equal [...]

How to deal with fear in the workplace

How to deal with fear in the workplace

Fear is inevitable. Everyone has particular exchanges in life that are individually frightening for different reasons. As leaders in the workplace, it’s important to identify our own fears and discomforts, and utilize them as [...]

NCUA says Share Insurance Fund is in good shape

NCUA says Share Insurance Fund is in good shape

The NCUA’s Share Insurance Fund is in solid shape, with the agency’s equity ratio standing at 1.26% at the end of June, agency CFO Eugene Schied told the NCUA board Thursday at [...]

Maximize remaining 2022 ad budget – before you lose it!

Maximize remaining 2022 ad budget – before you lose it!

Chances are, amid all of the vast and varied responsibilities involved in the day-to-day running of a bank or credit union, you may not be familiar with these terms. But you should be. It’s [...]

How to increase assertiveness

How to increase assertiveness

In a recent workshop I was facilitating on emotional intelligence, several of the participants identified assertiveness as the element they wanted to develop most. Assertiveness is an interpersonal skill in which you productively communicate your [...]

Emerging into leadership

Emerging into leadership

What better way to convey the value of the CUES Emerge leadership program and its predecessor program, the Next Top Credit Union Executive, than to ask the participants themselves? CUES, together with its partner, Currency [...]