During yesterday's NCUA Board 2023-2024 budget briefing, NAFCU Chief Economist and Vice President of Research Curt Long thanked the board for its ongoing commitment to transparency surrounding the budget while stressing the need for the [...]
Freddie Mac announced Monday a new underwriting innovation that aims to qualify more borrowers for a mortgage. The innovation will include a “review of a borrower’s bank account data to identify a history of [...]
In this hyper-competitive talent market as of late, cash (salary) is not always king. A nice benefits package can be as much of a draw to a certain position or employer as a big fat [...]
Last week, NAFCU announced the release of its 2023 Federal Credit Union Operating Fee Calculator, which calculates how the NCUA’s proposed budget for 2023 affects credit unions. Additionally, NAFCU’s award-winning research team offers [...]
Total retail sales saw no change in September following an increase of 0.4 percent in August. NAFCU Chief Economist and Vice President of Research Curt Long analyzed the report in a new NAFCU Macro [...]
What better distraction is there from wedding planning than a breakdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) market report on BNPL lenders and products? The CFPB recently filed a market report summarizing data [...]
The best messenger with policymakers in Washington is the credit union who is out there every day trying to meet the needs of their members. The association is urging credit unions to use NAFCU’s [...]
It might be fall and the leaves are beginning to change, but as leaders of our organizations, we typically know this time of the year as “budget season,” and we’ve been spending a lot [...]
NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger appeared on Memphis NBC affiliate, Action News 5, to discuss the importance of leveraging credit card rewards to help combat inflation and the latest on the Credit Card Competition [...]
Total consumer credit rose 8.3 percent, at a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate, in August and is up 8.1 percent compared to a year ago. Revolving credit - primarily credit cards - rose 18.[...]
It’s October! If you’re like me, you have already started decorating for Halloween. If you haven’t, it’s time to get into the spirit of things. In order to help you, I [...]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the September Jobs Report on Friday, which revealed that the unemployment rate fell from 3.7 percent in 3.5 percent. NAFCU Chief Economist and Vice President of Research [...]
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Thursday held a listening session on financial technology in housing finance where NAFCU Senior Regulatory Affairs Counsel Aminah Moore provided remarks. During her remarks, Moore expressed support for further [...]
Have you ever heard the term ‘executive presence’? Joel Garfinkle defines it as a catchall term for the charisma, confidence, decisiveness, and boldness that leaders often present. It’s true that a leader with a [...]
With the 2022 election season well underway, NAFCU remains committed to supporting credit union champions in races across the country and assisting credit unions in getting the message out on issues important to them. For [...]
