2020 has been a rollercoaster in both our personal and professional lives. To help credit union leaders navigate these tough times – and help our colleagues do the same – the Foundation recently hosted an event that [...]
While the outlook for a robust holiday shopping season is looking bleak, especially for in-store purchases, Amazon is doing its best to capitalize on early holiday spending by launching its Prime Day shopping deals on [...]
Recently, I read Annamaria Lusardi’s article in Forbes about the importance of financial literacy in light of the COVID-19 economic recession. I’ve felt the devastating financial consequences of the pandemic in my own [...]
For many lenders, the coronavirus and subsequent economic challenges have ushered in considerably declining levels of direct auto loan originations and loan growth across the auto lending landscape. Starting in March of this year, vehicle [...]
We're now in the fourth quarter of 2020. As we reflect on the year, where we – and our organizations – are now is likely lightyears away from where we thought we would be in January. The [...]
Welcome to the CUInsight Minute, sixty seconds from our Publisher & CEO Lauren Culp with our favorite reads from the week. Mentioned: Help your team win with learning this month by JOHN PEMBROKE, CUES Eddie [...]
I’d prefer to spend my Saturdays with 81,500 of my closest friends at Clemson’s Death Valley (THE Death Valley) but due to the ‘Rona, that just ain’t happening. If you’re [...]
Increasing compliance and security requirements across the financial services industry are, ideally, designed to provide consumers, financial institutions and governing bodies with peace of mind that sensitive data is being adequately protected and key regulations [...]
Data of all sorts is growing at an explosive rate. Billions of gigabytes are generated every day, and it’s getting worse. The sheer amount of it is staggering. Data comes from smart phone apps, [...]
We can take some educated guesses about Halloween trick-or-treating this year. Traveling house to house, crowding on the stoop, taking candy from a universal bowl: none of it sounds too prudent. And Halloween parties, even [...]
CUNA and its federal PAC, the Credit Union Legislative Action Council (CULAC), wrapped up its $7 million effort aimed at electing credit union champions with a series of independent expenditures (IEs) and member communications aimed [...]
The CFPB Wednesday released new FAQs for the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and Regulation X related to gifts, promotional activities, and marketing services agreements (MSAs). In addition, the bureau rescinded a 2015 compliance [...]
Today’s companies put huge efforts into negotiating the best terms with their suppliers. Procurement teams regularly spend weeks or months going back and forth on contract terms and volume discounts to get the most [...]
Element Federal Credit Union($53.3M, Charleston, WV) has launched a simple but effective, and easily replicable, way to better serve its business members: Customizable landing pages that serve as a portal into the credit [...]
Here are the questions about life insurance we receive most often and our brief, basic answers. The need for life insurance Q: What’s the purpose of life insurance? The primary reason to own life [...]
