Getting to know Bitcoin
by Shari R. Pogach, Regulatory Paralegal Bitcoin has received a great deal of media attention lately, both positive and negative. Now you may be asking yourself, so what? Why should ...
The latest from Randall Smith
The 10 most shameful bank scandals of 2013
BY KATHERINE MUNIZ This year brought a whirlwind of shocking announcements and news that would go on to affect every corner of the globe, including the number of banking scandals ...
Is your brand dying by a thousand cuts?
By Mark Arnold Brands are living, breathing entities. At lest good ones are. But just as brands can live, they can also die. While brands can die quickly, more likely ...
2 ECM predictions for 2014 (and a wild card)
By David Jones It’s that time of year when all the so-called gurus of the world fire off their “Top X of the …” blogs. Like them or not, you’...
CFPB reaches an $80 million settlement with Ally over rate discrimination
By Bill Vogeney How about this headline: CFPB reaches an $80 million settlement with Ally over rate discrimination Text of my commentary: For those of you who haven’t been ...
Busting the marketing budget
Ah, the joy of marketing budgets. If you’re like many bank and credit union marketers, you spend a lot of time working with and within budgets. We agonize over ...
The tattoo dilemma: Time to change your credit union’s dress code?
Today, we’ve got a guest blog post from our friends at Credit Union Resources, Inc. Susan Looney, the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at CUR shares her thoughts ...
There’s magic in the “and”
by Rich Jones Society seems to work really hard to find the polarity between two sides. There doesn’t seem to be enough leaders with the courage to set their ...