THE 'tude

“I like being a doctor more by each day I work,” she volunteered as I sat listening to Dr. V talk about her family’s flight out of Persia (Iran) before the 1979 revolution, growing up in South Carolina in the ’80s, adapting to a new culture and finally deciding to follow her father into medicine.

When I write “Children’s Miracle Network” or “Credit Unions 4 Kids,” there’s little doubt that if your credit union career is longer than the initial meeting with HR you’ve heard of both organizations and are familiar with what they do.

Mergers approvals were down slightly in April, with NCUA approving 20 mergers in April 2016, down from 23 in the prior month.

Credit union leaders have a lot on their plate, from growing membership to streamlining operations and increasing profitability, while navigating an evolving marketplace made more complex by factors such as increased regulatory scrutiny, the digitization of lending services, and the need to resonate with millennials.