Prepaid Debit: The New Checking Account?
by Marcus Rothaar One of the more noteworthy developments in 2012 was the evolution of prepaid debit cards. Previously best known for their affiliation with b-list celebrities, prepaid debit cards ...
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What Makes A Good Consultant
By Mark Arnold For years I made fun of people who consulted with credit unions and banks. And then I became one (as part of what we do at On ...
Looking Back On 2012 And Forward To 2013 With NCUA Chair Debbie Matz
Always a pleasure having NCUA Chair Debbie Matz on the program. Debbie returns to CUbroadcast this time around to reflect on how credit unions fared in 2012. But we soon ...
What is Offsite Backup?
Offsite backup is a key part of any disaster recovery solution. DR is what we do; we have numerous methods of providing secure data backup at a site geographically separate ...
Seven Things You Should Stop Doing to your Boss
by Anthony Demangone We all have bosses. I have one. Even if you’re a CEO, you have a boss. More likely, bosses. I’ve written before how great managers ...
What If You Had ZERO Marketing Budget
By Bo McDonald Imagine that you were told that as of January 1st 2013 you would have a ZERO marketing budget. What would your response be? Break out in a ...
2013 – The Year That Mobile Devices Took Over the World
Smartphones and tablets aren’t the future any longer — they’re the present. These powerful mobile devices connected to high-speed networks are now an everyday reality. According to Gartner, there ...
Of Course Americans Still Hate Banks
BY AMY HE But you can’t blame them, right? Earlier this week, MarketWatch listed the ten most-hated companies in America, and to my big surprise, a financial institution made ...