Mind the pay gap
Understanding women’s financial lives is the first step to ensuring equal pay. Growing up, my mother told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. The world ...
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Mortgage rates jump to nearly 4%
Mortgage rates increased again, rising to a level not seen since summer 2019. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.92% in the week ending February 17, up from 3.69% ...
Agencies receive support to combat costly unemployment insurance fraud
The expansion of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic drew significant attention from fraudsters looking to capitalize on agencies’ limited capability to verify identities of claimants. The multibillion-dollar ...
4 ways financial institutions can increase wallet share and retain business
Wallet share, or the amount members regularly spend with your finserv brand, rather than with competitors, is directly correlated with retention, lifetime value, and member satisfaction. The greater your wallet ...
Untangling the HMDA thresholds
For credit union compliance professionals, February means that the annual Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) reporting deadline is approaching. As we creep closer to the reporting deadline, the NAFCU compliance ...
The playbook: The value of thinking broadly about leadership learning
Being committed to talent development helps credit unions successfully execute their missions. Here’s how this idea extends to the charitable organizations that CUs support. Leadership matters because leaders who ...
CUs continue to make a difference, can do more
Credit unions are well-positioned to remove barriers to credit faced by small and minority-owned businesses, CUNA wrote to a House Financial Services Subcommittee Thursday. “Despite field of membership restrictions, credit ...
Retail sales rise significantly in January, supporting Fed’s March liftoff prediction
Total retail sales rose by 3.8 percent in January, following a decline of 2.5 percent in December and a 0.7 percent increase in November. NAFCU Chief Economist ...