PODCAST: Forecasting the 2023 economy
What will the economy look like in 2023? CUNA’s three economists joined the CUNA News Podcast this week to discuss all the economic signs they're seeing and what those signs mean for the year [...]
America’s Credit Unions News Archives
58 young professionals selected to ‘Crash the GAC’
The 2023 GAC Crashers have been tapped from the largest applicant pool of credit union rising leaders in the program’s 14-year history. With 233 applications, the competition was tighter than ever before for the [...]
CUNA meets with Congressional leaders over CDFI application concerns
CUNA and other organizations met with House Financial Services and Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs leadership staff Tuesday to discuss proposed changes to the Community Financial Development Institution (CDFI) Fund certification application. The CDFI [...]
Change management and the brain
Change isn’t only necessary in the business world, it drives success. But the biggest obstacle to change often is internal. Many employees resist change, sometimes for reasons they can’t clearly identify. As a [...]
NCUA webinar covers keys to credit union success
NCUA will host a webinar discussing elements to successful credit union operations Jan. 18. Registration is open for “What Makes a Successful Credit Union?” The free webinar is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. [...]
CUNA announces Clement Abonyi Jr. as Director of Advocacy
CUNA announced the appointment of Clement Abonyi Jr. Monday as its newest Director of Advocacy. Abonyi will help manage the association’s relationships with Democrats on a variety of key advocacy issues in his role [...]
Buddy Gill announces retirement
One of Buddy Gill’s favorite stories to tell credit union audiences is about his time as a congressional intern. The chief of staff pulled him into an office and said, “There are three things [...]
Overdraft, Section 1071 items on Unified Rulemaking Agenda
Federal agencies released their latest Unified Rulemaking Agenda this week with several items of concern to CUNA. The agenda includes actions the agencies plan to take in the near or long term but is not [...]
Welcoming the 118th Congress
CUNA, Leagues, and credit unions visited Washington, D.C., this week to welcome the members of the 118th Congress. We worked hard to ensure a credit union friendly majority in this Congress, and we’re [...]
Credit unions welcome 118th Congress
CUNA, Leagues, and credit unions welcomed members of the 118th Congress to Washington, D.C., Wednesday with a welcome reception at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center and visits at Capitol Hill offices this week. [...]
PODCAST: Plan for success
Creating a dynamic and fluid strategic plan that can be changed to meet new conditions will allow credit unions to succeed in the future. “Technology is moving at an exponential rate, causing disruption upon disruption,” [...]
Stverak: Interchange bill is ‘direct threat’ to credit card system
CUNA Deputy Chief Advocacy Officer Jason Stverak appeared on the Live Richer podcast recently to discuss the many negative effects that come with the Credit Card Competition Act. CUNA, Leagues, and credit unions prevented the [...]
Nusenda’s Co-op Capital growth continues
When Nusenda Credit Union in Albuquerque, N.M., announced the addition of four new partners to its Co-op Capital initiative in November, it marked the further development of a lending program that builds community ties [...]
Ginter: Consumers can’t afford Credit Card Competition Act
Rural residents know what it’s like to live far away from physical financial institution branches, CommunityAmerica Credit Union CEO Lisa Ginter wrote in The Tennessean, but the Credit Card Competition Act would cause losses [...]
Video: 2022 CUNA News Yearly Wrap-up
The lending market, economic landscape, coronavirus pandemic, and advocacy efforts made for an interesting year in the credit union movement. Watch the CUNA News Yearly Wrap-up for a recap of the best 2022 content from [...]