5 Stops on the Social Media Train

In the time I’ve been in the credit union industry, I’ve presented, and held webinars and live streaming events more than 60 times to talk about social media. I say that because, I enjoy the heck out of social media strategy-building, engagement, trends...

Wisconsin Credit Union Buys Five Bank Branches

The $689 million Marine Credit Union in La Crosse, Wis., signed an agreement Tuesday to buy five retail branches of the $2.6 billion Bank Mutual Corp. in Milwaukee. Although financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, the deposit and loan relationships are $52.6...

Is Your Technology Working Against You?

Technology is meant to simplify things, make the financial advisory business more efficient and save advisors time. When Mike Damas set up his independent RIA firm Maryland Capital Advisors in 2005, he found that the technology system he’d invested in...

Hensarling to Cordray: You Should Be Fired

House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) told CFPB Director Richard Cordray Wednesday that President Trump should fire him immediately for violations of federal law. Even before Cordray (pictured) began testifying at a sometimes-heated committee...

UPDATE: DOL Releases Its Delay of Fiduciary Rule

The Justice Department told a federal court on Tuesday that the Office of Management and Budget has concluded its review of the Labor Department’s final rule delaying the implementation date of its fiduciary rule by 60 days — from April 10 to June 9....