First $50K of Funds Raised by CUs to Help Ukraine is Disbursed 03/15/2022 08:40 pm MADISON, Wis.–The Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions, the charitable and engagement arm of World Council for Credit Unions, said it is disbursing the first $50,000 from its Ukrainian Credit Union Displacement Fund to the Podolsk Regional Development Agency (PARD), a Ukrainian non-governmental organization that is providing humanitarian assistance to hundreds of refugees from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Kherson, Melitopol and other cities who are seeking refuge in the Vinnytsia region of western Ukraine.
Synergent, Client CUs Win Marketing Awards 03/16/2022 09:55 am WESTBROOK, Maine– Synergent and a number of its client credit unions received five CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council Diamond Awards for campaigns completed in collaboration with credit unions it serves.
Larger-Ticket Items Will Drive Growth 03/16/2022 08:04 pm ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The growth credit card lending saw during the final months of 2021 will continue this year, says PSCU, which notes credit spend on larger-ticket items will drive a good part of that expansion.
Fed OK's First Interest Rate Increase In three Years; CU Economists Respond 03/16/2022 07:04 pm WASHINGTON– The Federal Reserve Wednesday approved its first interest rate increase in more than three years.
What Consumers Are Saying About Gift Cards 03/16/2022 08:04 pm BROOKFIELD, Wis.–Eighty percent of consumers say they enjoy receiving a gift card as a gift, and 68% of consumers will spend the full value of that gift card in three months or less, according to the 19th Annual Prepaid Consumer Insights Study from Fiserv.
