Spending Power Makes Gen Y Powerful Now
by Georgann Smith Many discussions on Gen Y (or Millennials, as they are sometimes called), are focused on the demographic’s preference for speed, convenience and the latest and greatest ...
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Business Development Must Go “Beyond the Handshake”
by Sean McDonald This blog has featured several dozen posts that deal with the growing discipline of credit union business development. As these posts seem to get the most attention, ...
Should Credit Union Directors Look at SARs?
by Rob Rutkowski Suspicious Activity Reports are unique documents among all the paperwork that a credit union must process. No other document comes to mind that has the protections and ...
5 Tips for Leaders Who Listen
by Matt Monge There just might be something to this whole listening thing. Thanks, Captain Obvious, you might be thinking. What you don’t know is that I actually have ...
The “Disappeared”
Since the beginning of 2008, the year the financial crisis began, 1,175 credit unions have merged or otherwise closed for business according to NCUA’s 5300 Call Report data. ...
Five Tips for Avoiding the Fate of Hostess
Originally published by Faith Stewart on Biz2Credit.com The world is asking one question. “What happened to Hostess?” We all love Twinkies, right? Sadly, that is not enough. Though many ...
Your New Best Bet for a Mortgage: Credit Unions
By Jeff Brown NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Shopping for a mortgage? Be sure to check the offerings from credit unions, which are issuing loans at a record pace and are often ...
Could F-Payments Be the Next Big Thing?
by: Aleia VanDyke Discover has just announced that it will begin testing fingerprint payments at its corporate headquarters in Redwood City, CA, and soon employees will be able to pay ...