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With loan demands down, how can credit unions, especially smaller ones, innovate to drive demand? Unison Credit recognizes that breaking the mold is the only way forward. While it sounds…

Guiding small businesses through a digital process to uncover their needs is step one. Step two is to fulfill their demands by recommending the right set of services at the…

The speed at which the marketing discipline continues to evolve, which was escalated during an international pandemic shutdown, is astounding. As budgeting season approaches it's imperative that your credit union…

It’s a pretty indisputable fact thatCUInsighthas found a home at the heart of the credit union community. And this week onCRMNEXT’sBanking on Experience, we’re honored to have CUInsight Co-Founder and…

The expanded Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reporting proposal should be withdrawn and the administration should look at more targeted methods of tax enforcement, CUNA and other organizationswrotePresident Joe Biden Monday.…

Friday, House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Patrick McHenry, R-N.C. and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer, R-Ky.,wrote to United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis…

Generation Z (aka Gen Z, iGen, or Centennials), describes people born between around 1997 and 2012 (following Millennials). This generation is full of digital natives who grew up with internet,…

The Department of Justice has followed through on a key plank in the Biden campaign platform, with the announcement of a renewed effort to enforce federal fair-lending laws. Theannouncementspecifically launched…

Throughout September of 2021, we conducted our quarterly survey on credit union growth to help industry executives identify trends, compare plans and pace with peers, and anticipate the future direction…

It’s officially spooky season!It gets dark earlier in the day, the moon was full last night, scary movies are all the rage, and all sorts of creepy crawly costumed creatures…

When a credit union executive cites successfully deploying Office products during a pandemic as a major accomplishment, that’s a sign they’re a committed back-office person, someone responsible for the smooth…

Eligible low-income credit unions (LICUs) may accept 30-year subordinated debt investments from the Treasury’s Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP), as detailed in aletter to credit unions (21-CU-11) from NCUA. ALICU…

House Financial Services Committee Member Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn. and 201 Members of Congress yesterdaywrote to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellenexpressing concerns associated with the proposed threshold increase from $600 to…

There’s a great line in the movie The Princess Bride: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” “Inconceivable” is the word…

As a big fan of vitamin D and ardent supporter of my own mental health, I start dreading the end of daylight saving time sometime around July. In my mind,…

Regulators are gearing up to ask questions about how financial institutions are managing climate change risk. While NCUA to date has not published any specifics on the subject, there are…

With many Zoomers new to banking products and services, there is much to learn about what financial institutions can do to appeal to them specifically. In this podcast, two speakers,…

There was so much good material at the 2021 Innovation Spotlight event, I could write for weeks about all the smart things I heard there. In keeping with my favorite…

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) may be the phrase of the year – and with good reason. After centuries of insidious, systemic, seemly insurmountable racism in the U.S. we’re at…

Good or bad, people don’t enter the workforce with a fixed moral character. Employees can nurture their skills and abilities over time, molding themselves to be more ethical. This starts…

CUNA wrote insupportof a bill from Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) Thursday that would prohibit implementation of increased financial institution reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Prohibiting IRS Financial…

In a new message to member credit unions, NAFCU Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Greg Mesackcalled on credit unions tourge Congress to oppose the proposed IRS reporting requirement. Mesack…

You’ve likely seenApple’s recent adstouting its privacy options and the ability for consumers to choose who tracks their data. And, as a consumer, you’ve probably felt just like Felix in…

Credit unions around the world are finding a variety of ways to recognize and celebrateInternational Credit Union (ICU) Day. The 73rd annual event, which started in 1948, was held on…