CUNA News Archives

CUNA names 2023 Credit Union Hero of the Year

CUNA names 2023 Credit Union Hero of the Year

Credit Union Magazine announced the 2023 Credit Union Hero of the Year: Amanda Merz, community impact manager at $4.6 billion asset SAFE Credit Union in Folsom, Calif. Merz has deep ties to the nonprofit [...]

VIDEO: Weekly Wrap-up April 24-28

VIDEO: Weekly Wrap-up April 24-28

Revisit the 2023 CUNA HR and Organizational Development Council Conference in the latest episode of the Weekly Wrap-up. What were credit union professionals talking about this week when they met in San Diego? CUNA News [...]

A meaningful dialogue on our movement

A meaningful dialogue on our movement

Credit union CEOs joined CUNA and League leaders in Nashville this week for our National Credit Union Roundtable. All came ready to engage in meaningful dialogue on a variety of key industry topics, approaches to [...]

Bipartisan SAFE Banking Act reintroduced in House, Senate

Bipartisan SAFE Banking Act reintroduced in House, Senate

A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers reintroduced the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act in the U.S. House and Senate Wednesday. Originating sponsors include Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., and [...]

PODCAST: Focus on financial health

PODCAST: Focus on financial health

Consumers’ financial health declined in 2022 for the first time in the five years the Financial Health Network began tracking this measure—making credit unions’ efforts to improve members’ financial well-being especially important. This episode [...]

Mastering ERM: 3 key areas for success

Mastering ERM: 3 key areas for success

Credit unions are challenged with increasing competition and regulatory scrutiny, which requires them to manage risks effectively to maintain their financial stability and reputation. As cyber threats also increase, credit unions need to have a [...]

8 characteristics of strategic leaders

8 characteristics of strategic leaders

Mid-level managers who hope to make the jump to the C-Suite must transition from the tactical focus of frontline management to the broader vision of strategic leadership, says DeeDee Myers, founder/CEO at DDJ Myers. [...]

Expansion of CU-DoD land lease arrangement should be rejected

Expansion of CU-DoD land lease arrangement should be rejected

Defense credit unions continue to serve our nation’s servicemembers and their families exceptionally well, CUNA, the Defense Credit Union Council, and National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions wrote to House and Senate Armed Services [...]

CUNA, Nevada League win Reed Awards

CUNA, Nevada League win Reed Awards

CUNA won two 2023 Reed Awards for political campaigning and grassroots advocacy for its efforts in the 2022 mid-term elections. The awards recognize excellence in political campaigning, grassroots, and advocacy. CUNA’s issue ad urging [...]

Channel your innovator mindset

Channel your innovator mindset

Innovation is a mindset as much as a skill or process, according to author and serial entrepreneur Diana Kander, who addressed the 2023 CUNA HR & Organizational Development Conference Sunday in San Diego. With that [...]

The ‘why’ of financial well-being for all

The ‘why’ of financial well-being for all

I found myself in a room with hundreds of credit union practitioners passionate about making a difference on the financial well-being of their members and their communities at the CU FinHealth23 Conference, co-hosted by the [...]

Volunteerism at the core of the credit union movement

Volunteerism at the core of the credit union movement

April is Financial Literacy Month in the United States and Credit Union National Association, Credit Unions, Leagues, Credit Union Service Organizations, and system providers nationwide are espousing the great work our movement does in advancing [...]