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 surge in fraud targeting the [...]
Thank you for tuning in to episode 126 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your host, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com. This episode is brought to you by Humanidei. Humanidei helps credit unions build [...]
Thank you for tuning in to episode 115 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your host, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com. This episode is brought to you by our friends at CUES. CUES is [...]
On May 21st, 2021, The New York Times announced that “It was a momentous day: In the United States, there is now an excellent chance that the [COVID] retreat is permanent.” And true, it seemed [...]
The coronavirus pandemic is not over, but it has abated enough to give busy credit union executives a chance to reflect on takeaways from the experience — including on how their branch networks fared and responded. [...]
Thank you for tuning in to episode 7 of The CUInsight Network, with your host, Randy Smith, Co-founder of CUInsight.com. In The CUInsight Network, we take a deeper dive with the thought leaders who [...]
This past year saw a big uptick in life insurance interest. New TruStage life insurance sales were up 51.5% in 2020 vs. 20191 and a 2020 industry survey found 29% of consumers overall reported [...]
More than one year after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, optimistic signs are appearing on the health and economic fronts. On the health front, active case counts and hospitalizations are lower, and [...]
Because similar functions are usually needed at each location, credit union branches are often built based on a prototype. Has something as disruptive as a pandemic that forced branch closures changed the fundamental prototype most [...]
The first reported cases of COVID-19 in the United States occurred in January 2020. The shockwaves from the virus — economically, socially, and physically — continue even 14 months later. Parts of American life are different; some [...]
The House Saturday passed the American Rescue Plan Act – the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package – which includes some NAFCU-supported provisions to help small businesses survive and recover from the pandemic and provide assistance to [...]
This month, we mark the grim anniversary of the COVID-19 outbreak being declared a pandemic. Our pandemic year has brought many changes in the way we live and work. We wear masks to the office ([...]
The House Small Business Committee Thursday held a hearing to discuss the state of the small business economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ahead of the hearing, NAFCU shared how credit unions have stepped up to [...]
The House passed its budget resolution Wednesday evening by a vote of 218-212. The House and Senate Budget Resolutions begin the process of Budget Reconciliation by which Congress will likely consider the next COVID-19 stimulus [...]
Back in June, lenders from five credit unions of diverse size and geography talked with CreditUnions.com about what was then a global pandemic. Now, we know it was only the beginning of a long-lasting [...]
