3 Questions with Aux’s Alan Bergstrom
CUInsight Publisher & CEO Lauren Culp is joined by Alan Bergstrom, VP of Marketing & Business Development at Aux for a quick interview with just 3 questions... Three questions: 1. (0:30) What prompted you [...]
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Top 10 reasons why CUs under $800M need Cuery
Unlike anything else in the market, Cuery, brought to you by collaborative CUSO Aux, is a robust data analytics solution that was designed specifically for small and mid-sized credit unions. Cuery is both affordable and [...]
A plan to re-energize and reposition credit unions for future success: Part 1 – The Idea
First, I must confess, this idea has been on my mind for several years now. In fact, I have shared it with a couple of the credit unions I have previously worked for, but it [...]
Good (compliance) help is hard to find – is outsourcing the answer?
Regulatory compliance seems to get more complicated – and more expensive – every year. Attracting and retaining qualified compliance staff is also becoming more complicated and expensive. As a result, there’s a growing trend for credit [...]
Credit union growth survey results – The woes of loans
Throughout September of 2021, we conducted our quarterly survey on credit union growth to help industry executives identify trends, compare plans and pace with peers, and anticipate the future direction of industry. The driving factor [...]
What I learned at Brandweek 2021
From Gen Z values to marketing funnels, from Zillow to Red Bull, a wide spectrum of topics and companies were featured in five days of non-stop seminars at this year’s Brandweek 2021, the premier [...]
Credit union branches—dead or alive?
The perennial debate rages on. For quite a while, we’ve heard that branches are dead (or dying)—”nobody needs to venture into brick and mortar when they can do all of their ‘banking’ from [...]
Your most common compliance marketing questions, answered
Since our compliance assistance team provides very popular credit union compliance marketing services, they’ve had their fair share of marketing questions come their way over the past decade. The Aux Compliance experts were kind [...]
Are FIs embracing the 2021 Pantone Color of the Year?
I remember the day when the Pantone Color Institute announced their annual color of the year selection for 2021. It was early December 2020, and things were not going…great. Pandemic infection rates were surging [...]
To merge or not to merge: What is a credit union to do?
The subject of mergers has once again grabbed the headlines. As might be expected, during COVID-19, the pace of mergers dropped from pre-pandemic activity. But recently the number of planned or reported mergers has started [...]
Shared branching post-pandemic
Recently, there has been an increase in articles and surveys asking whether branches are still needed, and Aux wanted to get to the bottom of the real stats about branch usage. The COVID epidemic led [...]
How this CU overcame key person risk and staffing costs by outsourcing accounting
Is your credit union one of the many that are burdened with finding, affording, and retaining skilled staff – especially in such a specific niche as credit union accounting? Do you struggle with key person risk [...]
Compliance changes coming your way: What to expect and actions to take now
Our own Aux Senior Compliance Manager Kristen Tatlock, a well-known and much-loved national compliance trainer and speaker, was interviewed by Mike Lawson at CUBroadcast recently. They spoke at length about upcoming compliance changes due to [...]
A post-COVID world for credit unions? Share your thoughts on 2021 and beyond
On May 21st, 2021, The New York Times announced that “It was a momentous day: In the United States, there is now an excellent chance that the [COVID] retreat is permanent.” And true, it seemed [...]
Three BIG ways to improve your accounting function for the rest of 2021, and onward
Everyone is looking to turn a new page this year and start fresh. Can you blame us? Take this renewed energy and vitality to commit to practices that can make your accounting department strong, smart, [...]