Maybe it’s a sign of the times. Or, maybe it’s the universe saying to expect the unexpected. I never expected Blackrock CEO Larry Fink — the leader of the world’s largest asset manager — [...]
Digital transformation is growing more pervasive in every banking organization, moving beyond “projects” to organization-wide initiatives involving technology, product development, business models and culture. Budgets are increasing as organizations are finally updating legacy systems and [...]
Welcome to episode 56 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your host Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com. This episode is brought to you by our friends at CO-OP Financial Services. CO-OP is your trusted [...]
Over the past decade, consumers have enjoyed a large and growing number of choices for making payments. Picking one for a particular transaction generally has come down to two things: user convenience and merchant acceptance. [...]
Last year, I became scuba certified. My partner had been diving for a number of years and if I liked it, too, it would be a fun element to add to the travel experiences we [...]
Imagine the chill of the air at your back, softened by the crackling heat of a campfire before you. Sitting in a circle of community members, your eyes turn toward the best storyteller in your [...]
CUNA is encouraging credit unions to submit their comments on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) proposal to raise the safe harbor thresholds for its remittance rule by the Jan. 21 deadline. Stakeholders can [...]
Total retail sales rose 0.3 percent in December – the third consecutive month to see a rise. NAFCU Chief Economist and Vice President of Research Curt Long provided additional insights in a new NAFCU Macro [...]
A top strategic initiative for credit unions is to improve the quality and volume of member financial education they offer. As a movement we can only read so many headlines like “the average American doesn’[...]
As a member of the LGBTQ community, Myles Meyers knows what it’s like to be treated in a different manner by a financial institution. “I know what it feels like to be looked at [...]
We blogged a couple of months ago with some updates on recent patent litigation between USAA and Wells Fargo, and now there are new developments in this ongoing litigation as well as a related lawsuit [...]
These days, criminals have turned to internet-based transaction laundering to disguise profits from unscrupulous and illegal enterprises. Transaction laundering has also been referred to as factoring, undisclosed aggregation, and electronic money laundering, and it occurs [...]
Just as there is no success without failure, there is no improvement without criticism. Many of us likely are our own worst critic, but being able to take someone's constructive criticism in stride and grow [...]
You’ve put the right team in place, but they’re not quite performing up to their potential. If you’re finding yourself in this position, here are four ways you can help your team [...]
The total number of credit unions has dropped consistently since 2011 – but the number of credit union members continues to increase. Why? And where is the opportunity here for increasing member engagement even further? The [...]
