Employee motivation and the holiday season
Ah, the Holiday season. A time to be nice to your fellow humans, a time to reflect on the accomplishments of the past year, and to look forward to the excitement that the New Year [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Holidays’
Helping members manage the holiday message to “overspend”
The holidays are upon us and the temptation to overspend is rampant. Everywhere they look, your members are bombarded with advertisements and ideas for gift ideas that are “perfect.” If they are not careful, your [...]
EMV shift fires up online holiday season fraud
Stoked by the U.S. EMV shift, financial institutions and retailers can expect holiday card-not-present fraud rates to increase 43% by volume and 31% by value according to ACI Worldwide research. Naples, Fla.-based ACI [...]
5 tips for a more frugal fall
Fall is here and with it comes cool, crisp weather, football, and changing leaves. For many, it is the best time of the year; for others it is the onset of a stressful, and often [...]
Evolving to connect and stop the sprawl
Goodbye Elf on the Shelf®, countless family gatherings and leftover New Year’s champagne. Hello, 2016! My mantra for this year is “evolve.” And I’m not just talking about me. I’m talking about [...]
Holiday celebrations continue…so do scams
If the last few years have taught consumers anything, they've probably been schooled that scams can lurk at every turn and the security of their data can sometimes be breached--at times quite spectacularly with massive [...]
Three ways to avoid holiday fraud
There are few things worse than to get fleeced over the holidays. With millions shopping on the Internet, you have to be up on cybersecurity to protect yourself. Online fraud follows certain patterns. Generally, though, [...]
3 ways your company can give back
It feels good to give back, especially around the holidays. It feels particularly great to be a part of a larger entity that gives back substantially more than one single person could alone. For many [...]
Holiday fraud fighting tips credit unions can provide their members…
Ok, most, if not all of us, are mired deep into the holiday shopping season, scrambling to purchase gifts for loved ones, friends, peers, and pets. It's a fun time of the year -- a [...]
Digital payments get boost this holiday shopping season
It’s not surprising that TMG’s Thanksgiving holiday card transaction data indicate cardholders shopped both in-store and online throughout the holiday weekend. What we were surprised to discover was the significant jump in the [...]
What a bump in interest rates could mean for your personal finances
Here we are again, fretting about a possible increase in interest rates by the Federal Reserve and what a bump would mean for our personal finances. When it comes to your money, you have to [...]
Share stories of giving back to support Reality Fairs
Credit unions give back in countless ways to increase the financial well-being of their communities. It’s ingrained in the foundation and philosophy of credit unions as well as the cooperative principle of “concern for [...]
How credit unions can help members spend smarter this holiday season
Have you blown your holiday spending budget yet? Are you trying to scale back this year? Or are you going all out with gifts because you've finally escaped the recession's lingering grasp? Whatever your position [...]
8 tips to avoid overspending this holiday season
The holidays often inspire lots of spending. Whether you're shopping for presents, decorating your home or preparing a large meal, there are different steps you can take to keep your budget on track this holiday [...]
Here’s why the holidays make you dumb about spending
Financial planner Barry Eckstein has heard a lot of extravagant spending stories. But when clients were chatting with him about the holidays a couple of years ago, he could not believe his ears. The couple [...]