On Friday, October 11, credit unions and system partners from across the Cornerstone region and beyond, including Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, will come together to celebrate Credit Unions for Kids and host the [...]
Chief marketing officers may have forgotten the power of telling a good story. A string of recent high-profile CMO departures has renewed the debate over the value of the position in the banking industry and [...]
Credit union loans outstanding increased 0.3% in December, according to America’s Credit Unions’ latest Monthly Credit Union Estimates, compared to a 0.4% increase in November 2023 and a 1% increase in December [...]
As technology advances, so do our expectations. We crave speed, immediate gratification, and instant everything (hello, video on-demand!) This new normal of instantaneous not only satisfies our inner Veruca Salt of Willy Wonka fame — “I [...]
All of us have our favorite brands, but why do we like them so much? Why do some brands resonate and others fall flat? “Brand” can be hard to pinpoint — there are as many definitions [...]
Today, there are three types of federal credit union field of membership (FOM) charters: Single common bond with one occupational or associational group, multiple common bond, or community. Every credit union must adhere to these [...]
On September 18, 2023 an organizing group called Friends of the Public Bank of the East Bay (PBEB) announced the hiring of its start-up CEO Scott Waite. This is a brief announcement by Waite on [...]
Get ready for insights and inspiration from a trailblazer in business strategy and consumer insights: Nikkia Reveillac. She’ll be appearing on the mainstage at THINK 24, the growth strategy conference just for credit unions, [...]
Federal regulators are disguising regulations as guidance and are short-circuiting the formal rulemaking process, the American Bankers Association charged this month. In a letter to banking regulators, ABA President/CEO Rob Nichols charged that regulators [...]
As a leader, you need to convey important information, concepts and business plans to stakeholders and employees every day. But how can you ensure that complex information sticks? Matt Abrahams, author and strategic communications lecturer [...]
You aren’t cutting deals with Congress. You aren’t Commander-in-Chief. You aren’t running a country. But you are a leader. People look to you for direction and inspiration. They follow you, and you [...]
Last month I looked ahead at 2024 from a regulator’s perspective—what can defense credit unions expect from NCUA and CFPB? This month I am going to lay out (guess) what Capitol Hill is [...]
How credit unions can combat shared branching fraud Shared branching gives credit unions a far reach, even with a smaller, targeted brick-and-mortar market. But what doors can shared branching open up for the bad actors? [...]
More than half of Americans find themselves burdened by personal debt, a reality that has been entrenched more deeply by recent U.S. economic conditions. Debt affects both short-term and long-term financial wellbeing for many [...]
Feedback on how the CFPB’s overdraft proposal will impact access to financial services for credit unions of all sizes will help America’s Credit Unions in its push for the CFPB to reconsider the [...]
