Credit union trade groups Thursday vowed to fight President Trump’s plan to kill the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI) program, as proposed in the administration’s FY2018 budget plan. “The Administration's dramatic reduction [...]
Sometimes the best way to lead a successful strategy is to have survived an unsuccessful one. That is precisely the spirit with which Anne Hagen is approaching her credit union’s second go at Hispanic [...]
For several years, the Network of Latino Credit Unions and Professionals (NLCUP) has hosted a reception and networking event that has now become a tradition during CUNA’s Governmental Affairs Conference. This year the reception [...]
A program that brings together credit unions committed to serving the Hispanic market is expanding nationwide with the goal to provide financial products and services in a safe, trustworthy environment. Created in 2005 by the [...]
Financial inclusion has become an important means of promoting social justice in the world. The movement emphasizes continually improving and increasing the availability of products and services that enable overlooked and underserved, lower-income consumers obtain [...]
‘The only ones that work are those where everybody gets value.’ By Craig Sauer Cooperation was a central theme at the 2013 Annual Conference of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions in Baltimore. [...]
By. Pablo DeFilippi, National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions For CDFI-certified credit unions across the country, April 1, 2013 is no joke. In a move expected by industry experts, the CDFI Fund announced earlier [...]
By Pablo DeFilippi, National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions For the Metlakatla Indian Community on Annette Island in Southeast Southern Alaska, Tongass Federal Credit Union is here to stay. Recognizing the community's economic distress [...]
by Pablo DeFilippi, National Federation of CDCU 2012 marked a turning point for credit unions. CUNA's mid-year report shows that asset growth was 6.9%, compared to the 4.2% of the prior year. Fueled [...]
by Scott Butterfield As the year draws to a close, I want to take a moment to share the reasons why I think 2013 will be the year of the low-income designated credit union: Consumers [...]
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 [...]
