The Power Of Going Green: Credit Unions And Sustainable Plastics
Issuing sustainable cards is a simple way to reduce carbon footprints and support green initiatives.
Issuing sustainable cards is a simple way to reduce carbon footprints and support green initiatives.
Credit unions should focus on product, experience, and innovation while leveraging their established brands and market presence.
Vehicle production continues to suffer in 2022 and experts predict effects to ripple into 2023 and beyond.
Sustainable success requires continuous reinvention, adaptation, and a willingness to innovate.
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Attracting top talent now involves competing with the whole country, not just the shop down the street, and cooperatives are doing what they can to attract and retain employees.
To lead with purpose, credit unions must adopt a multi-stakeholder model, which includes their associates, members, and communities.
Cooperatives are using cash to meet rebounding loan demand and invest in higher-yielding securities and investments.
Vehicles are selling, but credit unions must consider the risks of financing less reliable used cars at all-time-high prices.
Low loan rates are attractive to members, and credit unions have managed to offset interest spread compression through controlling or deferring expenses

Coastal Credit Union evaluates fintech through the lens of member value, strategic growth, and organizational readiness to implement new ideas.

Long-term growth depends on pairing trusted community relationships with intentional investment in technology, leadership, and purpose.

Credit unions are making decisions about where to build, invest, and partner as they balance today’s priorities with tomorrow’s opportunities.

Industry leaders share how they approach fintech investment, balancing immediate needs with longer-term bets while keeping member value and mission at the center.

Credit unions that enable seamless movement between fiat and digital assets position themselves as a trusted on- and off-ramp.

The credit unions that win the next generation will be the ones that showed up early, when young members were forming habits and deciding whom to trust.

The challenge is no longer whether to adopt AI, but how to adopt it responsibly with the right governance, the right partners, and the right balance between technology and human oversight.

McKinsey projects trillions of dollars in growth across digital assets, with money movement emerging as one of the biggest opportunities.

The Indiana cooperative blends internal development with selective partnerships to meet members’ needs today now while positioning for what’s next.

The San Diego cooperative leans on its CUSO and the CURQL network to make fintech investments, but member needs still guide which solutions ultimately make it into the credit union’s operations.