FFIEC Requirements: Credit Union Technology Audit
by Robin Remines Often overlooked and always misunderstood (oh wait… wasn’t that a song?), Information Technology auditing can make even the most hardened CIO’s take defensive stands in ...
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Advocating for (a little) Adhocracy
By Matt Monge Different than a bureaucracy, an adhocracy is a theory of organizational management within which functions, groups, and structures within organizations cut across traditionally defined lines and defy ...
Blacking Out on Financial Reform
By Henry Meier 2,260,361: that’s the number of labor hours one regulator conservatively estimates that financial institutions will spend implementing the regulations spawned by Dodd-Frank. The estimate ...
FTC Leads The Way On Digital Privacy With Path Settlement
by: Mark Schwanhausser The Federal Trade Commission’s $800,000 settlement with social network Path last Friday offered more evidence that federal and state regulators will be active participants in ...
It’s Not Easy, But It Is Simple
by Michael Hudson WARNING: This post has the potential to dramatically change the success of your credit union in 2013. It also has the potential to feel a bit like ...
You’re a Credit Union, Not a Coffee Shop
by Jimmy Marks Who doesn’t want to be Amazon, Starbucks or Zappos? But who can, really? As of April of 2013, I will have worked in the CU Industry ...
Waving The White Flag on Social Media
By Bo McDonald Several years ago I was a Charter Cable customer. From day one, the supposed install day it was a relationship many would label on Facebook as “It’...
Opportunity Cost: Online v. In-Branch Currency Exchange
by Evan Shelan, CEO, eZforex.com I’m often asked by those new to exchanging currency where to begin the sales process: online or in-branch. Many financial institutions are currently ...