Holiday Giving: Tap Into Your Community’s Unique Needs

Let’s face it: It’s been a rough 2016. We lost David Bowie and Prince. Mass shootings in Orlando, San Bernardino, Calif., and elsewhere led to feelings of sorrow and fear. And now, many Americans are feeling heartbroken and horrified by the outcome of the...

Trump May Fill NCUA Board With His Choices

With vacancies and terms expiring, President-elect Donald Trump will have the opportunity to nominate two—and possibly all three—members of the NCUA board during his first year in office. Trump’s first move may be to choose current board member J....

Millennials Want CUs to Be More Selfie Aware

There are benefits to satisfying the mobile experience expectations of millennials for financial institutions, and especially credit unions. However, the business opportunity to please older millennials might be even more rewarding. Not all millennials think alike...

NCUA Named Conservator of Troubled Michigan CU

The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services Wednesday appointed the NCUA as the conservator of the financially troubled $22.3 million Valley State Credit Union in Saginaw. The MDIFS placed Valley State into conservatorship on Aug. 17 because of unsafe...

CU Wins Tech Innovation Award With New Lending App Idea

A team from $45 million Lafayette, La-based University of Louisiana Federal Credit Union won KnockOut 2016 with an instant online loan-decisioning and funding app to simplify the credit union lending process. Team Cajun Power provided the winning idea in this 24-hour...

Raising Funds, Cancer Awareness

SPIRE Credit Union employees at all 16 branches recently participated in a fundraiser benefitting the American Cancer Society.  Employees who purchased special SPIRE PINKTOBER fundraising T-shirts earned the privilege of wearing jeans to work every Wednesday...