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CARMEL, Ind.—Credit unions are doing a better job of enhancing their cyber risk management strategies to include more advanced risk controls, but employee education continues to often be overlooked as one of those controls, according to one analyst.

RICHARDSON, Texas—As credit unions face mounting revenue pressure, one analyst contends that adding insurance products to the mix can be key to generating the additional income being sought while at the same time also deepening relationships.

WASHINGTON—Credit unions often see private student lending as simply an addition to the loan portfolio while also helping to provide a needed service to the community. But one analyst questions whether credit unions also see how the product builds the CU’s future.

SAN ANTONIO—One person has an interesting question when it comes to the perception of credit unions and just how tough competition is in financial services.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Are compliance concerns keeping credit unions from paying full attention to the prices vendors are charging and how those partners are performing?

DES MOINES, Iowa—Despite Latinos being the nation’s largest ethnic minority group at more than 55 million people, most U.S. credit unions continue to overlook the need for a Hispanic growth strategy, one marketing expert asserts.