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Understand the potential – and power – of AI

Understand the potential – and power – of AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a buzzword, evoking a mix of confusion, trepidation, and excitement among consumers and businesses alike. We aim to demystify AI's role, delineating its advantages and disadvantages (for both credit unions [...]

Interchange is the cost of doing business

Interchange is the cost of doing business

It’s not just credit unions and financial institutions that would be harmed by the Big Box Bailout bill. America’s small businesses – and the Main Streets and consumers who rely on them – stand to [...]

Capital Corner: A guide to 2024, NCUA edition

Capital Corner: A guide to 2024, NCUA edition

At the beginning of each year, it’s tempting to do a “predictions” column, where you make a lot of educated (and uneducated) guesses about the next 12 months. And as a DC observer you [...]

Targeting Gen Z for credit union growth

Targeting Gen Z for credit union growth

Generation Z has grown up in times of financial uncertainty and especially these days, they are still feeling the impact of Covid-19 on their income. How can you serve Gen Z well in order to [...]

Buy Now, Pay Later needs to pay off in 2024

Buy Now, Pay Later needs to pay off in 2024

Projections for growth for the buy now, pay later business in 2024 are generally optimistic. But things aren’t all upbeat. Some of the positive items: • A new study by Juniper Research projects that global [...]

You’re invited: Children’s Hospitals Week!

You’re invited: Children’s Hospitals Week!

Credit union and industry partner employees are invited to Children’s Hospitals Week (CHW), where we will get to celebrate the Founders Award! It is April 8-11 in Orlando, FL at the Swan and Dolphin. [...]

3 benefits retailers can enjoy when they switch to smart safes

3 benefits retailers can enjoy when they switch to smart safes

Brick-and-mortar retailers face a growing cash management crisis. With rising costs and theft, manually handling cash creates unnecessary expenses and losses. Fortunately, smart safes provide automated solutions that can save retailers time, money, and hassle. [...]

Nussle: NCUA 3rd-party vendor authority could increase agency’s budget

Nussle: NCUA 3rd-party vendor authority could increase agency’s budget

America’s Credit Unions President/CEO Jim Nussle Thursday wrote to the House Financial Services Committee, outlining concerns with the Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financial Sector Act, which would grant the NCUA with additional authority [...]