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Electronic payments guarantee best stimulus payment disbursement

Electronic payments guarantee best stimulus payment disbursement

Only electronic methods guarantee the rapid disbursement of CARES Act funds to American families in a safe and secure manner, CUNA and other financial trade organizations wrote to the Treasury Friday. As it stands now, [...]

The power and practice of empathy

The power and practice of empathy

“Empathy is about standing is someone else’s shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes.  Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world [...]

Credit reporting, forbearance, and skips

Credit reporting, forbearance, and skips

Amid the ongoing national emergency, NAFCU has blogged about skip payments for open-end and closed-end credit and forbearance agreements. If a credit union provides this type of relief to its members, how does that affect [...]

Are you making these credit union marketing mistakes?

Are you making these credit union marketing mistakes?

We see many Financial Institution marketing plans that are failing to account for important recent shifts in consumer behavior. Don't make these four marketing mistakes at your financial institution: Marketing Mistake #1 - Speaking Through [...]

5 tips to effectively handle frustrations

5 tips to effectively handle frustrations

In difficult situations, leaders are looked to to set the example of how to respond, to set the tone of approach. This may seem like a big ask, especially in times of crisis – like we're [...]

We rise together

We rise together

“Credit Unions are built for this. They are the fabric of our community. They are the bridge between financial services and human beings.” (Thank you Bruce and Bill). We are certainly going through some trying [...]

Fed sets April 6 webinars on stimulus payments, cash ordering

Fed sets April 6 webinars on stimulus payments, cash ordering

The Federal Reserve announced it will conduct a webinar April 6 on the distribution of federal stimulus payments to individual taxpayers and small businesses, and important information regarding the distribution of cash to financial institutions. [...]