Picture this, I am walking off the stage after my first speaking engagement with a company. I am feeling great and saw that what I shared made an impact as the audience laughed, nodded, and [...]
CUNA Finance Council announces recipients of the 2020 CUNA Finance Council Awards, the most prestigious industry award for credit union finance professionals. Bill Kennedy, CFO and vice president of finance, Securityplus FCU, Frederick, MD, has [...]
The NCUA Board Thursday approved several items, including: a final rule to resolve litigation surrounding its 2016 field of membership (FOM) rule, a proposed rule to establish a three-year phase-in of the current expected credit [...]
People use adjectives like “dire” and “unprecedented” to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on credit union operations. To the staff of Redwood Credit Union, it’s just the latest disaster for which they [...]
Forget billboards, TV commercials or ad spreads in the newspaper — today’s teens and twenty-somethings have their eyes glued to their smartphones, and marketing teams across the country are quickly adjusting to the fact. Not [...]
It’s a great thing to want to help others, and making donations to charity is one great way to aid people in need. Giving to charity can bring about numerous benefits for causes and [...]
Historic. Unprecedented. Unimaginable. These are not exaggerations of the coronavirus pandemic, an event that has left millions unemployed and countless businesses shuttered or operating at limited capacity. Until this health crisis subsides, the financial sector [...]
We associate hard work with success. We set personal and professional goals, develop plans to achieve them, and then get to work. But what happens when you struggle, or life doesn't go according to plan? [...]
Welcome to the CUInsight Minute, sixty seconds from our Publisher & CEO Lauren Culp with 0ur favorite reads from the week. Mentioned: Consumer confidence in the auto industry during a recession by MIKE MOORE, SWBC [...]
If you've been working at home for a few months now, you're probably enjoying dressing like you're on the way to the golf course as opposed to the suit or dress you would normally wear [...]
In both good times and bad times, consumers expect their financial institution to safeguard their best interests. This is especially true when they are faced with expenses that exceed their balance or when they inadvertently [...]
Two weeks ago, I was the opening speaker for a CEO and C-Suite Professionals Conference – virtual of course. Executives from all over the country were online, and the theme of the event was employee engagement [...]
What are steps we can take to better tell our stories? ...expose our brand? ...get our message out and have it received as intended? If you’re not asking these questions regularly, you may be [...]
NCUA finalized its latest field-of-membership rule Thursday at its board meeting, re-instating portions of the rule vacated in March 2018 by a U.S. District Court Decision. Those portions of the rule were upheld by [...]
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Wednesday maintained the federal funds target rate near its current range of 0 to 0.25 percent. The committee noted it "expects to maintain this target range until it [...]
