My dedication to running started many years ago. In my early days of practicing with the cross-country team, maintaining my pace for 20 minutes seemed daunting. Eventually, I found a sweet spot of 40-minute runs [...]
The NCUA board approved a final rule expanding the definition of “qualified charity” credit unions can contribute to using a Charitable Donation Account (CDA). CUNA engaged with NCUA for more than a year on the [...]
Total retail sales increased 0.1 percent in October, compared to a 0.9 percent increase in September. NAFCU Vice President of Research and Chief Economist Curt Long analyzed the report in a new NAFCU [...]
Fraud has become more of a factor for consumers and businesses alike, especially check fraud. Several recent media reports have incorrectly positioned the process of sending checks via postal mail as unsafe. Despite those reports, [...]
For generations, homeownership has been synonymous with the American Dream. That is still true to this day but sentiment towards buying a home has shifted, especially for younger generations such as millennials. There are several [...]
Earlier this year, DCUC and the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) sent a joint letter to the NCUA Board. In the letter, we asked the NCUA to amend the definition of “qualified charity” [...]
Kicking off a new facilities project is tough, and that’s why we’ve developed this comprehensive guide to writing a request for proposal (RFP) as well as evaluating and ranking the responses. Here’s [...]
Join Brian Lauer, partner with the law firm of Messick Lauer & Smith P.C. and General Counsel to the National Association of Credit Union Service Organizations (NACUSO), for a deep dive into the National [...]
Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance has the ATM industry in a tizzy trying to figure out what’s real, what’s projection, and what it really means to an ATM operator’s bottom line. But [...]
What do your credit union’s guiding principles and facilities strategy look like for the next five years? Ten years? Will your employees have room to work as your organization grows, or has hybrid work [...]
David Foster Wallace’s legendary commencement speech to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College opened with this story: “There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish [...]
I have always loved writing because I believe the “pen is mightier than the sword,” meaning words are stronger and more influential than force. One of the things I love most about the English language [...]
America’s Credit Unions Transition Board of Directors Chair Brian Schools and Vice Chair Lisa Ginter are encouraging credit unions to embrace the industry’s cooperative spirit as the new organization begins its transformative journey [...]
NAFCU joined with several other trade associations to voice opposition to a petition made to the CFPB that would require the bureau to pursue a rulemaking to ban pre-dispute arbitration provisions in contracts for consumer [...]
One picture is worth a thousand words.” – Fred R. Barnard Your imagery says as much about you as your copy does. The style. The fonts. The arrangement of objects. It all relays important messages to [...]
