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Some semblance of a buyer's market in real estate could finally be on the way in 2024, bringing to a close a year of low inventory and record high prices.…

Adding universal bankers to the branch staff is a trend that took off more than a decade ago. Yet banks and credit unions still struggle with limitations that keep them…

Total loans outstanding in federally insured credit unions increased $132 billion, or 9.1%, over the year ending in the third quarter of 2023, to $1.59 trillion, according to the latest…

The Treasury Department Thursday released a revisedCDFI certification applicationafter delays that have set back financial institutions. The CDFI Fund initiated a certification blackout period Oct. 1, 2022, as it proposed…

PSCU and Co-op Solutions announced on November 6, 2023, that they are entering into an agreement to combine. This combination of the industry’s two leading CUSOs promises to create the…

It's official, SundaySky and Allied Solutions have won the People's Choice Award for digital innovation in Finance. Join Allied's Charlie Peterson and SundaySky's Ian Gold in this special podcast release…

When asked “In the past year, which method did you use most often to manage your bank account(s)?” consumers responded as follows: Mobile (apps on smartphone or tablet) - 45%Internet/Online…

Are Americans willing to sacrifice convenience and ease of use to conduct their digital financial lives in a safer environment? Or will they continue to bank and invest on an…

In 2022 alone, banks issued680,000 reports of check fraudto the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) — an increase of 94 percent over the previous year. How does check fraud happen?…

TheFederal Housing Finance Agency(FHFA) released a report outlining roughly 50 recommendations for theFederal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) System. One recommendation that’s particularly relevant concerns the types of collateral credit unions…

NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Greg Mesack, and Vice President of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler were recognized as top 2023 association lobbyists byThe…

January isNational Mentoring Month, a time to “celebrate the power of supportive and meaningful mentor relationships.” We’re taking this opportunity to share our experience around successful approaches to mentoring autistic…

The Fed’s inflation-fighting campaign that’s been driven by job reports shows signs of slowing down. Yet – in the face of persistent inflation, companies are thinning out labor. Unemployment crouched…

Goldman SachsGroup, which has been trying to jettison its struggling credit card business, now has a potential way out of its partnership withApple. The iPhone maker, which offers a credit…

Replacing the teller line with technology can seem like a big jump for community institutions that don’t want to risk relationships by eliminating personal interactions at the branch. Even with…

Borrowers are making lifestyle changes in order to afford their payments again now that thefederal student loan pausehas ended. Among Americans with student loan debt, 80% say they have reduced…

Every Midwesterner knows the value of preparing for winter. You need to make sure your furnace can take the increased demands you’ll put on it, make sure your car can…

America’s credit unions play an integral role in helping working families achieve homeownership, CUNA and NAFCUwroteto a House Financial Services subcommittee in advance of its hearing on housing affordability. “Credit…

NAFCU and CUNA wrote to the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance ahead of its hearing today on housing affordability to tout credit unions’ work to provide comparatively…

As a core processor owned by the credit unions it serves, our CUSO has an important mission to find out what our member-owners need and give it to them in…

As we bid farewell to the current year, now is the perfect time to revisit financial objectives and start planning for the upcoming year. Here are three personal finance resolutions…

It’s that time of year…sick season. And in the credit union industry, something’s going around. This mysterious illness striking credit unions nationwide is a loss of service prowess over their…

Welcome back to the show, everyone. Join me in this episode as I dive into the intricacies of leading through change and fear. Joined by first-time podcast guestDenise Hackendahl, Executive…

The holiday shopping is underway, and my house is completely decked out in decorations. My home décor wouldn’t be complete without the most important elf, Snowflake, who is keeping a…