With mortgage rates at historic lows, many credit unions are seeing an increase in mortgage application volume and credit unions are looking for ways to speed up their processing times. Some credit unions attempt to [...]
With NAFCU's Virtual Congressional Caucus kicking off on Monday, the association's Vice President of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler penned an op-ed in CU Today calling credit union leaders to action to advocate for the nation's [...]
Over the past several months, credit unions have been working diligently to help members work through any financial challenges the pandemic has posed, including allowing members to skip credit card payments. But what happens when [...]
Leaders strive to hire the best employees. But occasionally, we make the wrong decision and an employee doesn't perform the way we expected. What's important to understand in these instances is how bad employees can [...]
NAFCU Vice President of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler wrote to members of a House Small Business subcommittee ahead of its hearing today on how to kick start entrepreneurship and Main Street economic recovery to reiterate [...]
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion Tuesday held a hearing with representatives from various financial institution regulators, including the NCUA, and explored ways to ensure the financial services industry is representative of [...]
In my last blog, I described how the Right to Financial Privacy Act (RFPA) prohibits a credit union from providing a member’s account information to a federal law enforcement agent if there is no [...]
Lending can make or break a credit union—especially during a recession. Attend NAFCU's Virtual Lending Conference to learn everything you need to help keep your portfolio strong throughout the crisis, and even gain more [...]
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs grew by 1.4 million in the U.S. in August. NAFCU Chief Economist and Vice President of Research Curt Long remarked on the “solid” report in [...]
NAFCU next week is hosting a complimentary webinar to update credit unions on the status of the NCUA's exam modernization initiatives. Representatives from the NCUA will provide an overview of the agency's Modern Examination and [...]
For decades, leaders have adjusted business models as technology has improved our lives and disrupted the status quo. In this leadership blog, I constantly encourage innovation and risk taking to continue growing businesses. While this [...]
Following Tuesday's hearing with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released a preliminary analysis of the paycheck protection program (PPP), which found that "billions of dollars in PPP loans [...]
In an exclusive interview with Adam Mendler, an expert in thought leadership and strategy development and CEO of The Veloz Group, NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger discussed his experience as one of Washington's most [...]
The NCUA in August issued one prohibition notice, prohibiting an individual previously associated with credit unions from any future participation in the affairs of a federally-insured financial institution. Violation of a prohibition order is a [...]
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will hold two public listening sessions – Sept. 10 and Sept. 14 – to gather additional feedback on its proposed rule to set capital requirements for the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). NAFCU [...]
