Digitization and the widespread use of cashless finance already offer a low-cost option to efficiently expand any financial business, but the metaverse will go much farther. The development of the metaverse will lead to the [...]
Collisions – at least on earth – typically are not a good thing. Fender benders on the interstate, run-ins with exes and philosophical or political conflicts can leave you down for the count and out of commission. [...]
Nonfungible tokens (or NFTs), are all the rage in lots of circles these days. Examples include NFT digital artwork (one selling for a whopping $69 million), NFT William Shatner career memorabilia and NFT Major League [...]
The hardest thing about sharing is letting go. It’s natural for us to want to “protect our turf.” We want to preserve what we’ve worked so hard to build. We’re often hesitant [...]
An interesting trend is growing in the world. What is this growing trend called, you may ask? It is called “The Experience Economy.” Twenty years ago, B Joseph Pine and James Gilmore wrote a book [...]
CUNA and the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement in support of the NSA’s Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally Through Education (IGNITE) program, which helps incarcerated people obtain vital [...]
Total consumer credit rose 6.2 percent, at a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate, in July and is up 7.7 percent compared to a year ago. Revolving credit - primarily credit cards - rose 11.[...]
As a credit union service organization, we spend a great deal of our time in conversation with credit union executives, staff and their members. The uncomfortable truth is that even though credit unions may be [...]
A bill introduced in Congress that would allow merchants to bypass established secure payment networks and instead route payments through an unaffiliated network has drawn concerns from CUNA, leagues, and credit union leaders. “The so-called [...]
Additional money will not solve the problems with the CDFI program, NAFCU said in an issue brief, released late last week. “NAFCU would like to stress that additional funding alone cannot and will not solve [...]
If you’re at a small Credit Union and are being told “you can’t” because of your asset size, this podcast is for you. Becky Reed, CEO of Lone Star Credit Union, is proving [...]
Greetings, compliance folks! As a compliance professional, and I’m naturally a risk-averse person. Apparently, the apple does fall far from the tree, as my six-year-old son seems to be a daredevil. He loves running [...]
As those of us in the lending industry know, unsecured loans inherently carry with them the highest level of risk. Because they’re not backed by any piece of collateral like an auto loan or [...]
If you look back to a great boss, coach, or teacher from your past, you recognize a common pattern. All of these leaders constantly pushed you to work harder and become the best version of [...]
In season four of Stranger Things, Eleven and the crew battle an ambiguously undead supervillain and his cadre of squelching vines and vampiric bats in the Upside Down to save the world. With a possible [...]
