It’s always perplexing to me to hear how often credit unions seem unsure of which markets to serve next, as if the fintechs and big banks have gobbled up all the loaves of bread on the shelves and there aren’t even an crumbs to be found.
THE 'tude
In an evolving economic climate, determining how to fund a college education may seem complicated and out of reach for families.
If you listen carefully, you can hear it just below the kumbaya chorus in credit unions—it’s one of those very quiet things like the slow drip of water that with enough time can create a mighty stalagtite.
During Mitchell Stankovic’s recent “Underground Collision: CUSO Mayhem” event in Las Vegas, there were a collisions—and even more frustration but no actual mayhem---around the whole issue of vendor contracts.
My credit union, Tongass Federal Credit Union in Ketchikan, Alaska, recently completed a merger with another regional credit union in Southeast Alaska.
In a news conference following the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, President Kennedy remarked, “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”
Dear Credit Union Leaders: A Letter From Your Future Leaders
While CUToday.info had more coverage than any other publication coming out of CUNA’s Governmental Affairs Conference, even with the extensive reporting we didn’t get to everything. So, here is some of what you might have missed on everything from the war in Ukraine to hippopotamuses to testing employee loyalty to tattoos to inspiring words.
Dear Fellow Career-Family-Environment-Socially Focused Emerging Leaders: Unite. Change. Charge.
Credit unions are rightly proud of the “army of cooperators”—as they are sometimes called by the zealous—and the “advocates”—as they are more often referred to by the trade associations—who will be descending this week on Washington as part of the CUNA’s GAC.