Recently, Henry Meier, SVP/general Counsel at the New York Credit Union Association penned a blog addressing “Why D.C.’s Policy Pronouncements are the Key to Economic Growth.” In it, Meier discussed=s the [...]
Should your credit union partner with a coffee shop, an urgent care provider or even a bar to drive more traffic to your branch or just create more awareness? While some financial institutions have been [...]
Cybersecurity is a vast and technical topic. There’s so much buzz in the market that it can be an intimidating subject to discuss. Understandably, executives tend to delegate discussions on this topic to their [...]
I was selected for the Future Leaders of YMC in January. Being a boutique agency, we are fortunate to be nimble and provide opportunities for participants to create and execute their concepts in progressing the [...]
Well-designed and implemented competency models should identify key behaviors and describe actions that demonstrate a person’s proficiency in a particular area. But there is some debate about whether competency models are helpful in today’[...]
Walking into a credit union branch can be a gamble for members. Will it be crowded? Will the person working the teller line be able to handle a particular request? Will the time spent be [...]
We all have bills to pay. Those bills provide us with stuff that we need and stuff that we want. But what about fees? Is there anything worse than paying fees? Here are three fees [...]
On September 16, 2019, in a Supervisory Letter to “All Field Staff,” the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) published new guidance for evaluating secondary capital plans. A separate Supervisory Letter from Chairman Rodney Hood and [...]
My boss, Dan Berger, shared the following post on LinkedIn. I love history, so the story caught my eye. And I wondered - how many lives did this gentleman save?. If you want more information, [...]
Due to rapid changes in our business environment combined with digital transformation, the rules of business are being rewritten. The credit union industry needs to quickly evolve and continuously reinvent itself, or it runs the [...]
Often within credit unions, especially in small shops, we speak of the “numerous hats” syndrome, as we struggle to survive in the whirlwind of the day to day operations that demand our time and talents. [...]
The House is expected to consider the CUNA-supported Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act (H.R. 1595) Wednesday. The bill would provide protections for financial institutions that serve cannabis-based businesses in states where it [...]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger emphasized the need for cost benefit analysis when it comes to solid policymaking Thursday ahead of a series of panel discussions focused on behavioral economics. In her opening [...]
The housing market is a fickle beast. It ebbs and flows, impacted by a number of economic factors, often leaving consumers and lenders alike absorbing copious amounts of information to try to best understand where [...]
In 2015, Cynthia Feazell jeopardized her 19-year credit union career, her reputation and her freedom to buy a mobile home. The former loan officer and assistant manager of the $27.5 million Valex Federal Credit [...]
