by: Henry Meier
Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York’s coastline on October 29, 2012 and despite the billions of dollars being spent on reconstruction there are still homeowners, some of whom undoubtedly have credit [...]
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO for the past 13 years, recently announced that he would be stepping down a year from now. This means that he can take more time saying goodbye than the Yankees' Mariano [...]
Just over 109 years ago (August 5, 1904), New York’s Court of Appeals decided what may be the single most important case for consumers in the history of banking. The case, In re: Totten, [...]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Thursday signed credit union-supported legislation that eliminates the requirement of physical fee disclosures on ATMs and brings state law into conformity with the federal law signed last December by President [...]
To understand just how bad Dodd-Frank's mortgage lending regulations are for credit unions, imagine a world in which the legislation passed but without its regulations. What you would have is a series of legislative commandments [...]
Credit unions are like any other business. If they don’t execute a viable plan for continued growth, they are going to die. The only question is: How long they are going to linger?
Our [...]
By Henry Meier, Credit Union Association of New York
At the risk of being accused of being a lackey for “The Man,” count me among those who feel that the CFPB exercises too much power [...]
By. Henry Meier, Credit Union Association of New York
There are two kinds of corporations: those that define themselves and those that get defined every day. For too long, credit unions have brought a pair [...]
By Credit Union Association of New York
Tattoos were once regarded as the mark of a rebel, a delinquent or a criminal. They weren’t seen as professional.
Now, however, it seems they’re [...]
By Henry Meier, Credit Union Association of New York
Nothing divides the credit union industry blogosphere more than technology. For the Brett King disciples technology is fundamentally changing the way things are done and if [...]
by Henry Meier, Credit Union Association of New York
What New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday as he was surveying the damage to New York's infrastructure from Hurricane Sandy is even more true [...]
by Pablo DeFilippi, National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
Southern Chautauqua’s affordable financing model grew membership from the outside in
Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union was named fastest-growing credit union in New York [...]