Thank you for tuning in to episode 178 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your host, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com. This episode is brought to you by Humanidei. Humanidei helps credit unions build [...]
As we embark on a new industry era as America’s Credit Unions, the upcoming 2024 Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) stands as a historic milestone for the credit union movement. This year’s conference (March [...]
In order to retain the key members of the C-Suite it is critical to execute a winning retention strategy. A common strategy to limit post-succession turnover is what we will call “retention grants”. Retention grants [...]
U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Friday and the S&P 500 registered an all-time closing high as strong earnings and a blowout January employment report boosted confidence in the economy, even while [...]
Accountable.US, a progressive government watchdog group, launched on Thursday a high-profile ad campaign intended to support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed overdraft rule. The progressive group’s ads are one part of [...]
The early 2020s were defined by extreme fintech spectacles. Before the criminal meltdown of FTX, there was the meme stock explosion. In January 2021, with no warning, stocks for companies long-presumed moribund — such as GameStop [...]
Person-to-person fraud is on the rise every day. 53% of Americans have already become victims of digital payment fraud,1 and 48% expect to be a victim of cyber scams in the future. Digital payment [...]
Scott Burt, CPA, is an accomplished leader with a remarkable track record as a board member and a CEO at organizations that are renowned for helping others. Burt’s dedication to the credit union movement [...]
The NCUA released an addendum to its Other Supervisory Committee Audit, Minimum Procedures Guide Thursday, replacing certain procedures for credit unions that have implemented the current expected credit loss (CECL) standard. CECL became effective for [...]
America’s Credit Unions formed January 1st of this year following the member-approved merger of the Credit Union National Association and the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions. Just days into the New Year, the [...]
There is a misconception that leadership skills only need to be developed in people who manage other people. A parallel myth is that being able to lead is an innate quality that only the lucky [...]
As a leader or a team member, understanding the core elements that drive exceptional teams is crucial. Here's a 10-step framework to help you build a high-performance team capable of navigating complex business environments and [...]
Fostering a culture of belonging Employee burnout is a pervasive issue affecting organizations across various industries, and credit unions are no exception. The financial sector demands high commitment, attention to detail, and often long working [...]
Credit unions do not deserve—and the U.S. cannot afford—the credit union tax exemption, Scott Hodge, president emeritus and senior policy advisor at the Tax Foundation, wrote in a scathing report issued this [...]
In the past month, the NCUA has approved two different mergers to take place. While this may seem like nothing new or exciting, both merger approvals noticeably took place without a vote from the credit [...]
