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Immediate NCUA action needed on digital asset issues

Immediate NCUA action needed on digital asset issues

Credit unions will fall behind without NCUA action on credit unions’ ability to purchase digital assets, CUNA wrote to the agency Wednesday in response to an agency Request for Information on digital assets and related [...]

Emergency fund 101

Emergency fund 101

It’s inevitable—life happens. When the unforeseen happens—because it will happen—an emergency fund can be the difference between an inconvenience and a financial disaster. An emergency savings account is designed to cover [...]

What you should know about the replacement ratio

What you should know about the replacement ratio

Some retirees approach a retirement strategy with precision. They know exactly how much income they will need. For the rest of us, using a “replacement ratio” is a good approach to estimating retirement income. This [...]

The climate is changing

The climate is changing

The climate is changing. This is a little bit of a play on words. Yes, we know the world is transforming and the impact from rapid climate change will likely be significant to our transformation [...]

National job churn prompts need for training solutions

National job churn prompts need for training solutions

Credit unions have great need of training solutions at a moment in time when new staff are being brought on board frequently, thanks to a national job-churn trend sparked by reaction to the pandemic.  “The [...]

New CFPB leadership can recalibrate approach to credit unions

New CFPB leadership can recalibrate approach to credit unions

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) missed many opportunities in its first decade of existence to leverage the credit union mission for consumers, CUNA wrote Tuesday, adding that new CFPB leadership can recalibrate this approach. [...]

NAFCU urges President Biden to withdraw IRS reporting proposal

NAFCU urges President Biden to withdraw IRS reporting proposal

As part of an ongoing effort to call on the Administration to reject the proposed IRS reporting requirement, NAFCU on Monday joined a joint trades letter to President Biden calling for a withdrawal of the [...]

Good Governance: Board members as futurists

Good Governance: Board members as futurists

You woke up this morning in the future. You probably didn’t think much about it because human nature, as is most business nature, is to focus on the here and now—the near term. [...]