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You spend thousands and thousands of dollars to promote your financial institution every year. So does every other financial institution in your market. How does your marketing make an impact…

Credit unions often tell us they run into trouble when it comes to their social media, creating friction between the marketing team and the compliance team. Social media is a…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released an updated version of her housing legislation Wednesday, a version of the bill that reflects significant engagement between CUNA, leagues, credit unions and Warren. Unlike…

In an op-ed published in American Banker, NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger called on lawmakers to ensure fintech firms are subject to the same data security and consumer protection…

Most organizations are average. They are stuck—not moving forward and not growing. Why? One answer is that average organizations have average leaders. It is still standard practice for many organizations…

Prior to beginning their Hill hikes, Dana Perino offered a key piece of advice to attendees at the CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference Wednesday. Remember that stories are powerful. “Who are…

Even the smartest bank robbers are caught, eventually. Karl Doron, who allegedly planned and carried out the robbery of seven California credit union branches within nine weeks, has a background…

Processes — the word provokes anxiety in abstract thinkers while inciting joyous glee in their analytical counterparts. But one thing is for certain, love them or hate them, processes are…

Last week the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history. More than two million Americans, largely seniors, were victimized by more…

Stash, the FinTech aimed at simplifying how people save and invest, announced Tuesday (March 12) the launch of its mobile-first banking service that comes with a rewards program, enabling customers…

Anyone who’s ever struggled to lay their hands on cash or a card while sitting behind the wheel of a car at a McDonald’s drive-up window will appreciate this: In…

Consumers lose when credit unions are forced to pull back safe and affordable products from the market, CUNA wrote to the Senate Banking Committee Monday. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)…

NAFCU's Brad Thaler, ahead of a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing today, reiterated the association's position that postal banking is not a solution Congress should consider as…

The CUNA Councils honored five credit union professionals for their efforts in marketing and business development, lending, technology, human resources/organizational development, and operations. CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle lauded the group’s…

A federal grand jury returned a 23-count felony indictment last week against the former Florida State University Credit Union lending director who allegedly stole and attempted to steal more than…

When it comes to investing in mobile, credit unions need to consider what type of technology consumers engage with as a whole. Identifying how consumers interact with their favorite mobile…

Do you know how the card numbers within your card BINs are issued? Are you vulnerable to fraud attacks because of sequential card number issuances within you BINs? Cybercriminals have…

“Cybercrime is relentless, undiminished, and unlikely to stop.” This dire statement from the 2018 McAfee Economic Impact of Cybercrimereport cannot be ignored. The study, conducted in association with the Center…

CCE, CIE … You’ve likely seen these prestigious letters after a name in an email signature, and you may even have some of your own. These letters indicate a designation…

Just how typical are you? Travel data co-op ADARA set out to portray what makes top tier travelers special and the result is a paper titled Understanding the Secret Lives…

I’m a Southwest Airlines loyalist and proud of it. I’m also a road warrior with hundreds of travel days each year… and that’s just for work. I’ve traveled all the…

Longer maturity limits for federal credit union loans would allow credit unions to better service members, CUNA wrote to Reps. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) and Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas) Monday. Zeldin and…

NAFCU Chief Economist and Vice President of Research Curt Long noted that Friday's jobs report – with 20,000 jobs gained in February – is not low enough to cause immediate…

A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to the Feb. 1 merger of Merrimack Valley Credit Union and Bridgewater Credit Union: The legal fight over federal field of membership rules…