If you’re a credit union marketer who feels like you should be doing more with automation and personalization, but you’re not sure how, you’re not alone. Kristin Harrison, Director of Business Development [...]
“Help me help you!” If you’ve seen the ‘90s hit movie Jerry Maguire, this phrase may ring a bell. When Jerry’s client Rod refuses to do more PR work, Jerry responds by yelling [...]
Remarkable Credit Union · How to Start a Credit Union from the Trunk of Your Car The “About” pages on credit union websites are full of stories about humble beginnings—small groups of people getting together [...]
Every credit union would like to be every member’s primary financial institution—the place they turn first whenever they have a new financial need, concern, or goal. And while it’s always taken time, [...]
Do you find yourself hit by the nagging feeling that a growing percentage of your members are struggling financially? Research proves it’s more than a feeling. The Financial Health Network’s 2022 Financial Health [...]
Remarkable Credit Union · How Credit Unions Can Catalyze Social Change Credit unions have long been enthusiastic champions of their communities, but can they be doing more? How can they think outside the box to catalyze [...]
Most credit union employees are familiar with the cooperative principles, including Principle #6: Cooperation Among Cooperatives. Yet it seems this principle has yet to be fully realized within the credit union movement. That’s why [...]
Ever since OpenAI released its ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot in November 2022, there’s been growing buzz around the role AI could play in pretty much every aspect of life. Emotions around AI range [...]
Credit unions are known for the emphasis they place on building authentic human relationships with their members. But at the same time, digital advances are transforming the financial industry, smaller credit unions are getting acquired, [...]
Have you spent the last month assuring jittery members that their hard-earned assets are safe? It’s been an undeniably nerve-wracking time. But all crises come with opportunities. As news around bank runs and general [...]
Credit unions have always been better cooperators than competitors. The joint investments of five Washington-based credit unions to the Evergreen Impact Housing Fund (EIHF) is a shining example of the “cooperation among cooperatives” principle in [...]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ended nearly six decades of perks for Disney, stressing that he will not allow “a woke corporation based in California to run our state.” A Texas law bans municipalities from [...]
Remarkable Credit Union · What Does It Mean to Be a CDFI, and Why Do CDFIs Matter? Credit unions, by their nature, are community oriented, but some are more intentional about their commitment to impact. Community [...]
If you’ve worked at your credit union for a good chunk of time, chances are you’ve been around for a rebrand (or two). Sometimes it’s a name change that inspires the rebrand, [...]
Remarkable Credit Union · The 6 Principles of Values-Based Banking Is the financial industry committed to the common good? If you equate the financial industry with megabanks, the answer would likely be a resounding no. Though [...]
