The way Americans work and what employees value in a benefits package has been rapidly evolving for the past decade. In the wake of last year’s COVID-19-related shutdowns and subsequent transition to working from [...]
With the meteoric rise in mobile apps and other smartphone technology over the past decade, User Experience (UX) design has become a critical tool in ensuring your members can easily access, navigate, and enjoy your [...]
Remember the good old days of the 1990s? Back in the day, you could drive your Saab 900 to Bed Bath and Beyond to get some towel racks on your way to the AMC movie [...]
Indirect lending is a large part of many financial institutions' auto lending strategies. In fact, in 2020, credit unions held $378.2 billion in auto loan balances, or roughly 31.5% of all auto loans [...]
Though trends often come and go, cost-saving movements tend to gain momentum and stick around—particularly for businesses. One area frequently targeted for savings by employers is employee benefits. It’s easy to see why [...]
Sometimes, the housing market can feel like a jungle. Some of you have been on the hunt for months, searching through a forest of homes that hopefully are within your budget, but nothing has really [...]
When your business has a winning wellness program that your employees are engaged in and excited about, morale will be high and it can put you on the path to building a healthy, happier workforce. [...]
This past month was a wild one for stocks, particularly in the growth-stock heavy NASDAQ 100. The index was down as much as over 5% as of May 12, before recovering a bit toward the [...]
If you didn’t already know, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This focus on mental health awareness opens the discussion for why companies should consider offering an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). An EAP provides [...]
If your financial institution is interested in increasing revenue, phone and email sales are an indispensable tool for generating profit. Consider the following statistics: Due largely to COVID-19, 41% of financial services organizations report having [...]
As communities begin to recover from the effects of COVID-19, employers and their workforces are looking for ways to make a difference. This is where corporate social responsibility comes into play. What is corporate social [...]
When it comes to employee benefits, it's unlikely that your employees would say, "less is more." However, with the rising cost of employee health insurance and other costs involved in recruiting and retaining staff, most [...]
Over the past several months, I've had the opportunity to speak with several leaders in the consumer credit and collections industry. In addition, I've scoured the 2021 TransUnion Consumer Credit Forecast and analyzed the Cox [...]
Ah, jury duty! Everyone’s favorite civic responsibility. Codified in our founding documents as the only mandatory constitutional duty for individual citizens, about 32 million Americans are summoned for jury duty every year. As an [...]
These days, many of us look back at the 1970s with an eye toward nostalgia. The decade is now fondly remembered for great music, the Golden Age of television, Studio 54, and in many ways, [...]
