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“Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that I would be receiving this tremendous recognition. As one of the thousands upon thousands of credit union champions, I work…

While many financial institution branches may not be profitable on paper, bank and credit union leaders should think carefully before closing the doors. Even in the digital age, branches remain…

I certainly don’t want anyone to overreact, but as I was getting ready to go this morning, I listened to the news that the coronavirus is continuing to spread. In…

America’s credit unions fulfill their Congressionally bestowed mission by helping communities advance, CUNA Chief Advocacy Officer Ryan Donovan wrote to all 535 Congressional offices Tuesday. Donovan highlighted how credit unions…

NAFCU's Senior Regulatory Compliance Counsel Jennifer Aguilar Tuesday attended a Women in Housing and Finance (WHF) event focused on payment innovations. NAFCU remains committed to ensuring a level playing field…

If collections are moving to automated, multi-channel messaging directed by a small team of specialists, $41 billion State Employees’ Credit Union, Raleigh, North Carolina, is a bit of an outlier.…

With the 2020 presidential primary season about to begin, much remains to be decided about what the ballot will look like in November. David Plouffe, president, policy and advocacy at…

Even though the heyday of the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) is well behind us, and the Trump administration continues to espouse a deregulatory philosophy, financial institutions mustn’t stop prioritizing regulatory compliance.…

While the dark web is a valuable tool for cybercriminals to conduct business, many other portions of the internet are leveraged for the same purpose. Cybercriminals use critical modern data…

In late December, the popular Northeast convenience store chain Wawa disclosed hackers had obtained payment data for some of its customers. Now, the scope and the fallout from the hack…

Happy Hump Day and Happy Puzzle Day! Let’s celebrate by piecing together the partial exemptions of HMDA, using some updated guidance to help. Last week, the CFPB released an updated…

Since the advent of the internet, cyber attacks and data breaches have become one of the biggest threats to businesses, and the most valuable currency is customer data. Cyber criminals…

Minnesota credit unions released Tuesday the results of a survey of over 750 Minnesotans following year one of the Open Your Eyes to a Credit Union® campaign. The 2019 plan…

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) begins its first two-day,monetarypolicy-setting meeting of the year today, which is not expected to end with a rate change. The committee last lowered the…

Element FCU expects to become the first credit union in this state to serve the medical marijuana business. And, it expects to be the key to the growth of medical…

January is almost over which means by now you’ve read countless articles on 2020 goals and trends. All of those are important. We’ve even written two ourselves (How To NOT…

If you blinked sometime in the last decade, you may have missed it. The role of marketing changed, and it changed big. Surprisingly, credit unions have fallen behind precisely where…

The external risk environment continues to become ever more complex.In the past decade alone, risk managers at financial services firms have had to contend with waves of comprehensive new regulation…

Going back more than four decades, PSCU was established for collaboration and scale on behalf of credit unions and their members. Our commitment to the “people helping people” values of…

Excite Credit Union($492.8M, San Jose, CA) wants to help make college an attainable goal for the children of its lower-income members, and it’s banking on a special new savings account…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a policy statement Friday outlining its approach to the “abusiveness” standard in supervision and enforcement matters. CUNA has long recommended the CFPB act…

In a new American Banker op-ed, NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger rebuked bank lobbyists for misleading the public with their criticisms of credit union-bank mergers. "Yet banking groups won’t…

What will really drive card loyalty in the not-too-distant future? The experience, and not so much the offer, sources are predicting. Pricing and perks have long been up front in…

In November, I had the opportunity to facilitate a breakout session at ourCEO/Executive Team Network. While discussing the impact senior leaders have on talent development, an attendee brought up a…