If collections are moving to automated, multi-channel messaging directed by a small team of specialists, $41 billion State Employees’ Credit Union, Raleigh, North Carolina, is a bit of an outlier. It’s running a decentralized, [...]
With the 2020 presidential primary season about to begin, much remains to be decided about what the ballot will look like in November. David Plouffe, president, policy and advocacy at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, will [...]
Even though the heyday of the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) is well behind us, and the Trump administration continues to espouse a deregulatory philosophy, financial institutions mustn’t stop prioritizing regulatory compliance. In fact, along with [...]
While the dark web is a valuable tool for cybercriminals to conduct business, many other portions of the internet are leveraged for the same purpose. Cybercriminals use critical modern data networks to share information, collect [...]
In late December, the popular Northeast convenience store chain Wawa disclosed hackers had obtained payment data for some of its customers. Now, the scope and the fallout from the hack is becoming apparent, as criminals [...]
Happy Hump Day and Happy Puzzle Day! Let’s celebrate by piecing together the partial exemptions of HMDA, using some updated guidance to help. Last week, the CFPB released an updated version of its Home [...]
Since the advent of the internet, cyber attacks and data breaches have become one of the biggest threats to businesses, and the most valuable currency is customer data. Cyber criminals have become some of the [...]
Who doesn’t like animals? They fill our lives with unexpected joy. The dog wakes us up in the morning with his wonderfully large tongue. The cat walks on us, and pretty much everywhere else [...]
At CUES, we believe that investing in the next generation of leaders is incredibly important to the credit union industry. This is why our mission includes educating and developing future leaders. This is why we [...]
Have you ever yearned for your institution to place a branch at a particular location, knowing it would be an instant success? How often is this dream met with a quick dose of reality- a [...]
When I was little and asked to do something my friends were doing, my mother often responded, “if all you friends were jumping off a bridge, would you?” Even a casual study of human behavior [...]
Minnesota credit unions released Tuesday the results of a survey of over 750 Minnesotans following year one of the Open Your Eyes to a Credit Union® campaign. The 2019 plan “moved the needle” with nearly [...]
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) begins its first two-day, monetary policy-setting meeting of the year today, which is not expected to end with a rate change. The committee last lowered the federal funds target [...]
Element FCU expects to become the first credit union in this state to serve the medical marijuana business. And, it expects to be the key to the growth of medical marijuana businesses here. Element FCU [...]
January is almost over which means by now you’ve read countless articles on 2020 goals and trends. All of those are important. We’ve even written two ourselves (How To NOT Get Overwhelmed in [...]
