The latest from Randall Smith

- by Making a Difference

Building a Global Community

We build a community of credit union and financial cooperative systems around the world. We operate locally but our markets have globalized.  Market forces today are increasingly driven by global ...

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Automate Your Way to Debt Freedom

BY DEBBIE DRAGON Total U.S. consumer debt reached a record $2.75 trillion in 2012, according to the Federal Reserve. Since your motivational level is high with the new ...

- by SavvySugar

5 Things To Do Every Decade For Financial Success

by LearnVest For many of us, January is littered with a motley assortment of resolutions. Instead of willing yourself to give up chocolate, while saving an extra $500 a month ...

- by State of Mind

50 Million Shades of Mandate Relief

by Henry Meier A lot of public officials talk about the need for relieving smaller financial institutions from regulatory burdens but few of them actually do anything about it.  Yesterday, ...

- by TMG

Direct Marketing Tactics for FIs in the Digital Age

by Georgann Smith With the rapid rise of social media, many financial institution (FI) marketers are left wondering if there is still a place for more traditional marketing efforts, like ...

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Servant Leaders: Valuing People

By Matt Monge Like many of you, I’ve had the “pleasure” of working for a boss or executive who seemed to enjoy reminding me how “in charge” they were. ...