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NAFCU asks for judicious budget management from the NCUA

NAFCU asks for judicious budget management from the NCUA

In a letter to the NCUA regarding the mid-year budget review, NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger urged the NCUA to "promptly schedule its customary mid-session budget review and public meeting to fulfill the agency's [...]

Building projects: Wait and see or time to act?

Building projects: Wait and see or time to act?

Over the past year, uncertainty tied to the economy and the COVID-19 pandemic has led many businesses to embrace a “wait and see” approach, pushing back decisions about major investments and setting arbitrary deadlines to [...]

PODCAST: A purpose reset

PODCAST: A purpose reset

COVID brought many changes, but Joseph Michelli hopes leaders will see the last year as an opportunity to hit the pause button and become more intentional about how they lead. “I hope they will use [...]

The future of cash and credit unions

The future of cash and credit unions

For many years, digital banking platforms and applications have been improving while the use of cash in America and around the world has been declining. Recent advances in technology combined with social distancing measures have [...]

DOJ endorses interchange rule that credit unions hate

DOJ endorses interchange rule that credit unions hate

A fight is brewing between the Biden Administration and credit union trade groups over a Federal Reserve proposal to require financial institutions to give merchants a choice of debit card networks for online transactions and [...]

5 reasons your branches don’t stack up to your competition

5 reasons your branches don’t stack up to your competition

I repeatedly encounter situations in my market studies where one competitor significantly underperforms a local competitor of similar size. In conversations with senior leaders at the underperformer, I often find both awareness of the lackluster [...]

How to be a leader your team wants to follow

How to be a leader your team wants to follow

To get the most out of employees, leaders need to inspire, motivate, and encourage creativity. For most leaders, they have to invest time to develop important characteristics to have their employees follow them. As you [...]