The Foundation had the privilege of hosting the highest awards in the credit union movement on February 24th for the 32nd year in a row. The Herb Wegner Memorial Awards are more than just an [...]
It may have been a cold, rainy, overcast day in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, but that didn't keep the credit union spirit down at #CUNAGAC. The morning began with an appearance by NCUA Chairman [...]
For Mennonite Savings and Credit Union (MSCU), a faith-based financial cooperative headquartered in Ontario, Canada, a new name held the hope of connecting faith and values with finances for more families and businesses [...]
Done correctly, your next strategic planning session should leave your board and leadership team on a major high. Goals will have been set, obstacles discussed, and plans for overcoming those obstacles put in place. Action [...]
Let me start this article on credit union superpowers by making a respectfully low bow to Stan Lee and Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, founders of Marvel and DC comics respectfully. Both Lee and Wheeler-Nicholson delivered the chassis [...]
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) introduced a credit union governance modernization bill Tuesday, the result of direct engagement between the legislators, CUNA and the Carolinas Credit Union League. This is [...]
As part of America Saves Week, NAFCU is highlighting the efforts of member credit unions with strong financial education programs that encourage members to save and strengthen their personal finances. Today, learn how Summit Credit [...]
We’ve seen an important trend relevant to a good number of state credit unions nationwide. It’s one of those quiet trends that we believe could—in the long run—have significant governance consequences, [...]
The Exhibit Hall at the 2020 CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference included a new attraction: “Lightning” sessions featuring cutting-edge offerings from providers. These seven-minute presentations highlighted everything from data analytics to mobile apps to member verification [...]
NCUA’s sale of 4,500 credit union members’ loans secured by taxi medallions to a private equity firm is a betrayal of everything the credit union cooperative system represents. Credit unions were founded to [...]
The start of a year is a time we begin to set goals and also identify development areas to help meet these goals. We look at knowledge we want to gain, skills we want to [...]
On January 24, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a new policy statement designed to clarify how it will define, supervise and enforce “abusive” standards under the Dodd-Frank Act going forward. When Dodd-Frank was [...]
Well they say that records are made to be broken and CUNA's 2020 Governmental Affairs Conference kicked off on Monday morning by doing just that. Over 5,500 credit union advocates were on hand to [...]
There is a new narrative emerging from Congress about the lack of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in financial institutions. Just a few short weeks before credit union advocates made their biggest descent on Washington [...]
A couple, vying to start a family, couldn’t afford the in vitro fertilization therapy to start their family. A young parent, trying to find a new home for her and her child while leaving [...]
