PODCAST: Challenges facing finance leaders

PODCAST: Challenges facing finance leaders

The economy and pressures on liquidity and noninterest income dominated discussions at the 2023 CUNA Finance Council Conference in Anaheim, Calif. This episode of the CUNA News Podcast features conversations from that event. It features: [...]

NCUA designates June as MDI Awareness Month

NCUA designates June as MDI Awareness Month

NCUA is designating June as Minority Depository Institution Awareness Month to enhance the public’s understanding of the vital work minority depository institution credit unions perform in underserved communities nationwide. “Service, opportunity, and financial security [...]

Debt ceiling deal has credit union implications

Debt ceiling deal has credit union implications

Congress is expected to vote this week on the debt ceiling deal reached over the weekend that would suspend the debt ceiling until Jan. 1, 2025. The House is expected to vote mid-week, followed by [...]

One week to nominate a 2023 Credit Union Rock Star

One week to nominate a 2023 Credit Union Rock Star

The editorial team of Credit Union Magazine is now accepting nominations for the 11th annual class of Credit Union Rock Stars. Credit Union Rock Stars are credit union professionals and volunteers who leverage their exceptional [...]

Sullivan: Stories, data are most important parts of advocacy

Sullivan: Stories, data are most important parts of advocacy

Credit union lenders must be an active part of advocacy, CUNA Senior Director of Advocacy and Counsel Elizabeth Sullivan told the American Credit Union Mortgage Association’s OnPoint podcast. She stressed the importance of credit [...]

PODCAST: The future of virtual-first work

PODCAST: The future of virtual-first work

Before long, remote work won’t exist. It will simply be “work.” “Virtual-first work,” as remote work expert Laurel Ferrar calls it, will become so normalized that it won’t even require discussion. This episode [...]

Photo gallery: 2023 CUNA Finance Council Conference

Photo gallery: 2023 CUNA Finance Council Conference

Roughly 450 finance leaders gathered in Anaheim, Calif., May 21-24 for the 2023 CUNA Finance Council Conference. Pressures on liquidity and noninterest income dominated discussion, as well as credit unions’ readiness for the current expected [...]

Defense Credit Union Council recognizes Memorial Day

Defense Credit Union Council recognizes Memorial Day

The Defense Credit Union Council (DCUC) prides itself on “speaking military.” For the past sixty years, DCUC’s mission has remained centered on championing the interests of its member credit unions dedicated to serving those [...]

Be transparent with courtesy pay

Be transparent with courtesy pay

Despite the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) labeling courtesy pay/overdraft protection programs as “junk fees,” some of the biggest proponents of these services are members, finance leaders say. “Our members are low income, and [...]

Golf classic raises over $59K for CMN Hospitals

Golf classic raises over $59K for CMN Hospitals

Credit unions and business partners came together to help raise over $59,000 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) at the Credit Union Miracle Day’s Annual Charity Golf Classic. More than 120 [...]

Be an intentional listener

Be an intentional listener

Communication style is biggest difference between generations in the workforce, and many employees find it difficult to communicate with co-workers not in their age group, according to Amanda Bardonner, vice president of strategic accounts at [...]

Sen. Carper announces he will not seek re-election

Sen. Carper announces he will not seek re-election

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., announced Monday he will not seek re-election in 2024. Carper currently chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and has chaired the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during [...]

Win the battle for deposits

Win the battle for deposits

The battle for deposits requires new approaches to ease liquidity pressures, according to a panel of credit union and fintech leaders who addressed the 2023 CUNA Finance Council Conference Monday in Anaheim, Calif. Orange County’[...]