According to LinkedIn’s 2019 Workforce Learning Report, 94% of employees say that they would stay at a company longer if it simply invested in helping them learn. This interest in learning and development is [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified many of the vulnerabilities that exist in communities across the country. Food insecurity is atop this list as more Americans are looking for ways to gain access to affordable food. [...]
When it comes to loan apps and the digital age, outdated techniques won’t work. Millennial consumers “live” on their mobile devices while Generation Z was raised on digital from birth. Hence, younger consumers rely [...]
As we begin to unwind from the initial wave of COVID-19 in the U.S., most of us will be tempted to seek some sense of normalcy and move on. While understandable, it’s important [...]
Credit unions are more vital now than ever before. They are on the front lines, serving as a sheltering tree and a safe haven for the financial health and well-being of their members and their [...]
Historically speaking, the risk of robberies and other forms of theft is greatly increased during times of chaos. Because they are diligently working to meet an increased demand for financial services and member care – all [...]
The first traunch of the $349 billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL) loans earmarked for small businesses by the CARES Act was exhausted in less than six days. [...]
I am going to tell you a secret I recently discovered about credit union chartering that (almost) no one else knows. Federal SEG based credit unions can serve larger communities than practically any other charter, [...]
Years ago, long before I began working in professional development for credit union leaders, I was a middle school language arts teacher. The school district in which I taught was struggling with the “summertime slip,” [...]
Analysts are busy making all sorts of predictions about how the coronavirus pandemic may change the way humans behave, the things we value, and the types of activities we enjoy. Their forecasts range from the [...]
We’re in a recession and lending is down, which means your credit union has fewer opportunities to earn revenue. People are still applying for loans and opening accounts, just not as many. And now, [...]
I doubt whether it’s possible to find an industry that has not had to adjust in response to the COVID-19 crisis and that’s certainly the case with cannabis. With marijuana legal in some [...]
Experts have predicted that this is the year the U.S. Latino population will comprise the majority of new household formations and, correspondingly, new home purchases. The last decade has seen the U.S. Latino [...]
When it comes to innovation and implementing change, credit unions have many things to consider, including cost to implement, deployment strategy, security and compliance, and employee and member onboarding—among other things. For many organizations, [...]
What with all this… let’s just call it “stuff” going on in the world right now, credit unions all over are leading the response in a lot of innovative ways. Much of what we’[...]
