This week, America’s Credit Unions remains engaged on Capitol Hill as lawmakers near the Jan. 19 deadline to secure government funding for four appropriations measures, including Agriculture, Energy, Veterans, Transportation and Housing programs, amongst [...]
Thank you for tuning in to The CUInsight Network, with your host, Lauren Culp, Publisher & CEO of CUInsight. In The CUInsight Network, we take a deeper dive with the thought leaders who support the [...]
If you’ve been to any credit union conference over the past few years, you’ve likely heard about a big topic in the credit union world: “How do we encourage younger generations to give [...]
It's hard enough to recruit the right talent, so how do you retain them? Having solid staffing and retention practices are crucial to the successful operations of your organization. In this article we will cover [...]
Congress returned to Washington, D.C., this week, providing us the opportunity to introduce our new united trade association working on behalf of credit unions. I wrote to members of Congress and the heads of [...]
Past financial trends shape how credit unions grow in the present and future and the tumultuous ups and downs of the economy, world events, and interest rates over the past 20+ years has created an [...]
Many banks and credit unions enjoy holding their strategic planning sessions in the fall, and you may have held your own planning session during that time. Or maybe your session is fast approaching sometime in [...]
Does the United States lag behind in the race toward “open banking”? “Open banking” is an umbrella term to describe the idea that sharing anonymized financial data between institutions can lead to innovation and new [...]
As inflation continues to throttle back across the broad U.S. economy, some consumer categories have sunk into outright deflation. In other words: Americans are seeing prices decline for certain items. Those pullbacks have largely [...]
Congress will not block a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule requiring financial institutions to report demographic information about their small business lending, but an injunction issued by a federal judge means the agency still cannot [...]
A Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act (SBREFA) panel convened by the CFPB shared several recommendations made by America’s Credit Unions regarding the bureau’s Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) proposal. The CFPB published its [...]
Credit unions are known for their meticulous, personalized care of members. Their smaller size, attentive service and community involvement set them apart from big banks and other huge financial institutions. Now, with the emergence of [...]
I was recently enjoying a “proper catch up” with a dear friend of mine. We were reflecting on the year, talking about accomplishments, acknowledging stresses and imagining the possibilities of 2024. During our conversation, I [...]
Self-confidence can be a big differentiator between people who achieve their goals versus those who do not. You must know yourself, grow yourself, and believe in yourself to be an effective leader and businesswomen. Economies [...]
By their very nature, credit unions foster resilience in their members by reinvesting profits back into communities to create thriving local economies. But in a post-pandemic world experiencing more disruption than ever, from both natural [...]
