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Biz Kid$is a credit union-funded and branded financial education program for young adults, championed by the National Credit Union Foundation. Biz Kid$ ignites a passion for students to invest in…

Establishing trust is critical for aspiring leaders, and especially important to being an effective leader. Trust can be established through positively impacting the lives of your team. Three Star Leadership…

Small lender access to the secondary mortgage market is vital to ensuring the housing finance market benefits consumers, CUNA Senior Director of Regulatory Advocacy and Counsel Elizabeth LaBerge told a…

The Federal Reserve Tuesday issued a proposed rule to govern funds transfers over its FedNow Service that would establish a new, comprehensive set of rules and set out legal rights…

Banks and credit unions are more eager than ever to leverage the latest technologies to boost efficiencies, improve the customer experience and enhance their brand. From instant account opening and…

Electronic bill presentment and payments (EBPP) is a wide-reaching discipline that encompasses everything from mobile-enabled bill payments to funding methods like debit cards, credit cards, and ACH. With so many…

When COVID-19 swept across the United States in 2020, it stalled economies, shut the doors of business, and forced employees to work from home. Never one to be deterred by…

In the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape, credit unions must leverage threat intelligence to quickly react to new vulnerabilities. New threats are identified daily, and good threat intelligence allows credit…

I can rattle off a half dozen marketing mistakes credit unions make, but I want to focus on the one major mistake that I see time and time again. It’s…

CUNA Finance Council recognized its best and brightest via five awards presented at the recent CUNA Finance Council Virtual Conference, May 18-20. The winners and their accomplishments will be featured…

NAFCU's Cybersecurity and Payments Committee met yesterday to discuss the latestdevelopments on interchange, the Federal Reserve issuing a request for comment (RFC) to seek input on proposed guidelines for evaluating…

At Zogo, many of our employees are in their early to mid-20s. Since we’re building a financial literacy app for Generation Z, it made sense for our team to be…

In 2020, curiosity about peer-to-peer (P2P) payments escalated to necessity. As branches reduced services or closed doors and postal services were disrupted, the pandemic pushed even more consumers to digital…

Sometimes, the housing market can feel like a jungle. Some of you have been on the hunt for months, searching through a forest of homes that hopefully are within your…

Data is a key competitive driver of success for financial institutions. You may have heard the phrase “data is the new oil.” Whereas oil used to run the world, today,…

Pumping out great content is part of the game if you hope to remain top-of-mind — and wallet — with today’s consumers. What we’ve seen, though, is that content marketing…

Grow, baby, grow! Change is inevitable. And if you’re not growing, you just might cease to exist. Not to worry, Michael Hostetler, VP of Marketing at Crane Credit Union, joins…

Comments on NCUA’s proposed temporary changes to Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) regulations are due in June. NCUA announced the changes last month, followingmonths of CUNA-League engagement on pandemic-related PCA flexibility.…

DDJ Myers – a NAFCU Services Preferred Partner – released a whitepaper this week outlining the post-pandemic environment for credit union mergers and acquisitions. The study included in-depth interviews with…

No matter the industry, businesses and consumers alike look to technology to simplify their lives. Of course, that’s also the case at credit unions, particularly when it comes to fintechs,…

With a degree in biology from Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, La., Timothy Morris wasn’t planning on a career in credit unions. But the scientific world’s loss…

Not all of the nearly 2,000 full-time equivalent employees atSuncoast Credit Union($13.5B, Tampa, FL) are there by way of Christopher Townsend. But, a lot of them are. Townsend is the…

One of the most common job interview questions is, “Why do you want to work here?” When Your Marketing Co. interviews candidates, some of the people we interview make note…

In a recent survey, 82% of executives across the globe said they believe digital wallet use will improve their company’s revenue over the next five years. The road to earning…