Arguably the most highly anticipated presidential election in decades is finally here, and voter enthusiasm is high. Early turnout in many states has smashed previous records, and Americans have already cast 70% of total votes [...]
When it comes to credit card marketing, regional banks and credit unions are mostly missing the mark when it comes to attracting existing customers and prospects to their products. Now is a good time for [...]
Tax season 2021 is going to be the first one (and hopefully the last) that will likely start and end with Covid-19. Unlike the last tax season where we didn’t have COVID-19 until the [...]
The unprecedented COVID-19 crisis is in the process of transforming the financial services environment at a pace we’ve not seen. Many credit union clients have told us that they’ve been able to activate [...]
Who you partner with for financial services matters. Partnerships are instrumental in growing any business. They foster innovation, improve operational efficiency, keep your credit union technologically relevant, and add a wealth of expertise. However, be [...]
Former American football coach Tony Dungy was propelled into success when he led the Colts into a Super Bowl-winning season, the first the franchise had seen in over three decades. He achieved the seemingly impossible [...]
Welcome to the age of uncertainty, a time when there is more happening outside of your credit union then inside your credit union that can impact your success. In this marketplace one of the greatest [...]
Every company in the nation should want to help working-parent employees through this particularly difficult time. But the real question is, how? How can we as credit unions step in to support our employees' increasingly [...]
To acknowledge the need for and power of strong people leaders in credit unions, CUNA has announced CUNA Coaching Leadership Virtual School, set to take place Nov. 9-10. Credit union people leaders of all levels [...]
The NCUA in October issued one prohibition notice, prohibiting an individual previously associated with credit unions from any future participation in the affairs of a federally-insured financial institution. Violation of a prohibition order is a [...]
Even if your credit union had a short-term plan for managing excess liquidity that built up in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s probably time to consider long-term strategies to bolster income [...]
The Great Recession and COVID-19 each convulsed the American public — but in very different ways. The most obvious is the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people from a pandemic that still rages. But the [...]
Happy November! The year 2020 is drawing to a close. That does, however, leave some burning questions for 2021. No, I’m not talking about the results of tomorrow’s Presidential election. I’m talking [...]
I recently had a discussion with a consultant on emerging issues and regulatory trends surrounding changes in the payments’ frameworks and technology. The changes in this area are coming rapidly—particularly with a younger generation [...]
We’re all aware that 2021 could be a lean year for earnings, given that loan losses are expected to increase, the low rate environment is expected to continue, and the unknowns seem to outnumber [...]
