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It’s a great thing to want to help others, and making donations to charity is one great way to aid people in need. Giving to charity can bring about numerous…

Historic. Unprecedented. Unimaginable. These are not exaggerations of the coronavirus pandemic, an event that has left millions unemployed and countless businesses shuttered or operating at limited capacity. Until this health…

We associate hard work with success. We set personal and professional goals, develop plans to achieve them, and then get to work. But what happens when you struggle, or life…

NCUA finalized its latest field-of-membership rule Thursday at its board meeting, re-instating portions of the rule vacated in March 2018 by a U.S. District Court Decision. Those portions of the…

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Wednesday maintained the federal funds target rate near its current range of 0 to 0.25 percent. The committee noted it "expects to maintain this…

Several years ago, Deedee Myers, Ph.D.—CEO of CUESolutions Silver provider DDJ Myers Ltd., a Phoenix-based firm providing executive search/recruitment, strategic organization and leadership consulting services—looked at her company’s placement data.…

COVID-19 has created unique challenges for the home appraisal process—nationwide shelter-in-place orders and social distancing guidelines have made it difficult for appraisers to do on-site inspections, which means that turnaround…

Do more with less. That’s smart business, especially in shaky and uncertain times like we’re in now. But efficiency also takes the ability to be collaborative, creative and think differently.…

Procuring labor and materials is one of the most challenging aspects of project management, but in the procurement process are opportunities to mitigate cost and scheduling risks, find the best…

This spring, a pair of similar-sized credit unions — one in the big city suburbs and one in a smaller-town setting — faced a challenge familiar to many credit unions…

The Senate Republican COVID-19 relief legislation unveiled this week, the HEALS Act, contains CUNA-supported liability protection, as well as other Paycheck Protection Program reforms. The House passed its COVID-19 relief…

The CFPB Tuesday issued a request for information (RFI) related to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B to ensure a regulatory environment that expands access to credit…

It is safe to say that for most of us, the COVID-19 global pandemic is unprecedented and was unexpected. However, while the pandemic itself may have been a new and…

There’s no way around it—2020 has been a stressful year. Between increased health anxieties over the global coronavirus pandemic, adjusting to shelter-in-place orders, transitioning to work-from-home and learning to navigate…

The traditional definition of a recession is two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth but the worldwide shock of the Coronavirus has forced that model to stand on its head.…

In a blistering report, the Small Business Administration’s Inspector General said Tuesday that the agency’s COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is an open door for fraudsters seeking easy money.…

Many small to mid-sized businesses find payments to be their most significant challenge. Odd, we know, but all too common. You’d think companies would want to develop the simplest way…

Spring and summer storms are a staple of Midwest living. Yet every time the storm alert sounds, the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. In my sophomore…

NAFCU’s first Virtual Regulatory Compliance School runs from July 28th through August 6th, so for today’s blog we will look at one of the topics covered at school: the TILA-RESPA…

The Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN), World Council’s trailblazing program, has led the way for the credit union industry’s commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for over 10 years.…

The U.S. Coin Task Force Friday released a statement outlining issues with coin circulation and ways consumers can help address the problem. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, consumers are using physical…

In the banking sector, we have weathered financial crises of varying degrees of magnitude and now we face a pandemic crisis the likes of which have never been encountered. Such…

Yesterday I went shopping, buddy, down to the mall Looking for something pretty I could hang on my wall. I knocked over a lamp, before it hit the floor I…

Robotic process automation (RPA) is playing an increasingly important role in improving front- and back-office efficiencies, business scalability and customer service in all industries. For these reasons, PSCU began its…