Bloomberg listed “behavioral scientist” as the top job of this decade because it’s so important to understanding human behavior as it relates to our daily habits, 99% of which are unconscious. The discipline combines [...]
CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle and Deputy Chief Advocacy Officer Jason Stverak were named among The Hill’s top lobbyists for 2022. Nussle and Stverak were commended for demonstrating, “a track record of success in [...]
Ancin Cooley, principal of Synergy Credit Union Consulting, offered attendees several “outside-the-box” job responsibilities during his general session at the 2022 CUNA Supervisory Committee & Internal Audit Conference Tuesday in Las Vegas. Four responsibilities are: [...]
Credit unions are willing to make smaller balance loans that are less profitable compared to other financial institutions, CUNA wrote to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Monday. HUD issued a Request for [...]
Credit union supervisory committees operate within an increasingly complex environment as financial services continue to evolve, says Michael Daigneault, CEO/co-founder at Quantum Governance. During the 2022 CUNA Supervisory and Audit Committee Conference, he offered [...]
The Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund’s proposed certification application contains multiple provisions that would inappropriately exclude credit unions doing good work, CUNA wrote to the CDFI Fund Monday. “CUNA broadly supports [...]
Our latest Economic Update examines different ways to measure financial health and wellness, which is essential to our continued work bringing the credit union difference to more people and communities. The Financial Health Network estimates [...]
CUNA Senior Economist Dawit Kebede issued the following statement in response to the Labor Department’s November Employment Situation: “The November employment report showed that the labor market is still strong despite rising interest rates [...]
Climate change poses long-term risks to financial institutions’ safety and soundness, as well as possible physical threats in the near term. The former include the increased threat of wildfires in the West and severe weather [...]
Recent failures of cryptocurrency and blockchain based financial platforms have demonstrated that an unregulated, unsupervised structure is not viable and poses serious risks to consumers and the economy, CUNA wrote to the Senate Agriculture Committee [...]
Credit unions are consistently willing to refinance small balance loans, but face systemic challenges to refinancing those loans, CUNA wrote to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in response to its Request for Information on [...]
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) and Visa launched the "Enko" mobile business development platform in Peru to continue promoting the businesses of Venezuelans and Peruvians participating [...]
This fall, I attended the 22nd Savings and Credit Cooperatives Associations Congress in the Kingdom of Eswatini in southern Africa. I represented CUNA at the invitation of the African Confederation of Co-operative Savings and Credit [...]
CUNA joined other community development organizations in a letter to Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund calling simplified reporting requirements. The comments were sent in response to a request for feedback on the [...]
CUNA, Leagues, and credit unions have plenty on our plate to close out 2022, including putting the finishing touches on an advocacy agenda for next year. There’s also a lot to be thankful for. [...]
