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Being responsible for creating champions at an institution named “Leaders” sounds like it could be a high bar, but Sara Dunlap says she’s enthusiastically up to the task. Dunlap is…

NCUA, along with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and state regulators issued a statement on thethe impact of Hurricane…

In the last week of August, the Senate remains back home in their states while Housecommitteesmeet to discuss several industry hot topics, includingmarking up the House version of the Fiscal…

Visa, Mastercard, Pulse, Star. Most people in the financial industry would recognize these routing networks. After all, debit card transactions are the primary payment method for our customers. Consequentially, theinterchange…

There’s an old proverb that goes, “The person who chases two rabbits catches neither.” Have you ever felt this way when it comes to credit union marketing? From your marketing…

Credit Union Performance Metrics Q2 was encouraging for credit unions in a number of categories. Originations soared with 36.3% YoY growth; perhaps unsurprising given the state of the nation one…

On August 17, 2021, T-Mobile learned that a bad actor illegally accessed personal data and stole data on50 million customers. For perspective, 50 million is nearly 15% of the US…

I am a fan of quotes related to talent development. I like how they can motivate and challenge me to think about something in a new way. If you looked…

Happy Monday, compliance friends! We know how much you all love a good series, so here you go! A couple of weeks ago webloggedabout the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s…

In Part 3, we’ll talk about effective rallying cries to bring the business borrowers to your financial institution. In other words, why should they borrow fromyou rather than a challenger…

Today, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will host its 2021 Economic Policy Symposium“Macroeconomic Policy in an Uneven Economy”virtually. Participants from credit unions, central banks, and other financial market…

USF Federal Credit Unionin Tampa, Florida, has come up with a unique approach to strategic planning that is compatible with its academic and select employee group membership. Many of the…

Designing, implementing, maintaining, securing, and growing enterprise infrastructure is hard, time-consuming work—not to mention expensive. However, for years, businesses didn’t have a choice but to set up their own computing…

On June 22, Connecticut jointed 17 other states and District of Columbia in legalizing the use of recreational cannabis. Additionally, 36 states now allow for the medical use of cannabis…

Trust no one. It sounds ominous, but it’s a necessary approach in today’s hybrid workplaces. Businesses must provide access to their data and resources to approved identities (person and non-person…

Since our compliance assistance team providesvery popularcredit union compliance marketing services, they’ve had their fair share of marketing questions come their way over the past decade. TheAux Complianceexperts were kind…

In Part 2, we’ll discuss the power of a digital platform in defeating the competition! Digital technology allows your bank or credit union to provide small business loansefficiently,quicklyandprofitably.

Changes in organizations can happen overtime, and that begins with its leaders. Bad habits from the top can trickle down and values can become compromised, resulting in the organization changing…

President Joe Biden Wednesday met with several private sector stakeholders to discuss the need for expanding cybersecurity protections, enhancing critical infrastructure resilience, and cultivating cybersecurity talent across all sectors of…

TheNational Credit Union Administrationboard has recently proposed thecomplex credit union leverage ratioas a simplified compliance alternative to the agency’srisk-based capital rule. If finalized, CCULR will give federally insured credit unions…

If Rip Van Winkle had fallen asleep in February 2020 it wouldn’t take 20 years to wake to a far different world and financial services marketplace. “We can’t just rely…

The last year and a half has proven we realized both the inevitability and acceptance that has come with thedigitization of the economyin the United States during and after COVID.…

Starting this month, the NCUA (National Credit Union Administration) will begin implementing a new, modernized system focusing specifically on the online application process forField of Membership expansion. The news was…

The past couple years have been a case study in disruption, and one attribute that stood out among the most resilient organizations was flexibility. The shifts in consumer preferences and…