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6 steps to develop member-centric models

6 steps to develop member-centric models

As financial technologies become more complex, credit unions must design their business and data models around the member   by: Nate Wentzlaff The internet continues to send waves throughout a once calm financial services industry.  [...]

Mobile payments and big data

Mobile payments and big data

“…wallets may generate substantial data that will lead to better member insights and possibly also profits.” – Kirk Drake, founder and CEO of Ongoing Operations, LLC In a highly competitive financial services industry, credit unions are [...]

Having it all: The keys to comprehensive data capture

Having it all: The keys to comprehensive data capture

by: Peter Keers Credit unions aiming to build Big Data & Analytics capabilities have a lot of decisions to make. One of the most fundamental decisions is how much source data to capture. The two [...]

Going beyond the call center

Going beyond the call center

As digital strategies continue to proliferate throughout the credit union industry, the contact center has become essential. by: Nate Wentzlaff Calling a company about an issue can be a miserable experience.  Being transferred to four [...]

Big data insights found in unexpected places

Big data insights found in unexpected places

by: Austin Wentzlaff It’s often easy to overlook the obvious.  As a team member of OnApproach, a company that integrates all of the disparate data sources within a credit union into a single source [...]

6 steps to deliver omni-channel experiences

6 steps to deliver omni-channel experiences

by: Nate Wentzlaff The moment a member walks into a branch, they are inundated with the brand of the credit union.  They will be greeted by staff trained a certain way, receive documents with the [...]

The last mile: Why a semantic layer matters

The last mile: Why a semantic layer matters

Credit unions are ramping up their adoption of Big Data & Analytics. The frustration with valuable business information being trapped in multiple data silos has boiled over. Projects to integrate these disparate data sources into [...]

Big bang disruption in the credit union industry

Big bang disruption in the credit union industry

by: Kim Carlstrom During the 2015 NACUSO Conference, Credit Union Industry Disruption and Predictive Analytics drew particular attention from those attending. It was quite clear that significant changes are coming to the credit union industry [...]

The Digital Revolution: Prepare for the millennials!

The Digital Revolution: Prepare for the millennials!

As a generation who has been raised online begins its financial journey, digital demands on financial services will begin exploding. by: Nate Wentzlaff The credit union industry is the middle of a digital revolution.  As [...]

Credit union industry disruption: NACUSO 2015 – Part 2

Credit union industry disruption: NACUSO 2015 – Part 2

by: Paul Ablack Last week in my blog, Credit Union Industry Disruption: NACUSO 2015 – Part 1, I talked about the pending threat of Big Bang Disruption in the financial services industry and the growing prominence [...]

Predictive analytics

Predictive analytics

by: Austin Wentzlaff The promise of business intelligence and Big Data/Analytics has been around for years.  Companies have been making claims that data-driven decision-making will revolutionize organizations but have failed to fully deliver.  It [...]

Credit union industry disruption: NACUSO 2015 – Part 1

Credit union industry disruption: NACUSO 2015 – Part 1

by: Paul Ablack I had the opportunity to attend NACUSO 2015 in Orlando last week. NACUSO is a great conference to interact with other thought leaders in the credit union industry to make valuable business [...]

Cooperative Analytics: The standard data model

Cooperative Analytics: The standard data model

by: Nate Wentzlaff The credit union industry is ripe for a Big Data/Analytics harvest.  All the member data is ready; it just needs effective analytics strategies to cultivate its value.  In a previous blog, [...]