Pay For Knowledge Creating Efficiencies in Credit Unions
Let me pick up from where I left off from my column in February.
Let me pick up from where I left off from my column in February.
Last Thursday, 40 credit unions and vendors gathered on Callahan’s webinar When Should You Convert Data Processors? The panelists of the call represented different stages of the assessment and conversion process and discussed the factors that led them to perform a dat
A car. An education. A home. Wright-Patt helps its members live their lives.
Listerhill Credit Union seamlessly integrates its “Pick 5” program into a tier of community-oriented initiatives.
PEFCU took a chance with two young men who developed a portal for financial services companies. The credit union invested through its CUSO, installed the portal in its own credit union, and helped the company sell to others. Passageways has become a successful portal provider.
Despite stringent measures implemented in 2008, Arizona State Credit Union demonstrates it is good at helping people.
SECU’s green car loan fills a niche for environmentally conscious members. That segment of the credit union’s billion-dollar-plus auto loan portfolio also happens to perform well.
Take the rapidly rising costs of college education, mix in a private student loan market that has grown 450% in the last seven years alone, add a mass exodus of traditional lenders because of restricted access to capital, and you’ve got a volatile recipe for turmoil in the student loan marketplace.
Community First CU held a four-day loan sale in this winter, drawing huge interest and not a little bit of skepticism. Here is the follow-up evaluation.
Navy Federal offers the newest solutions in mobile wallets and shares how smaller credit unions can, too.

Suncoast Credit Union balances near-term needs with longer-term bets, applying discipline to timing, valuation, and fit to decide when to invest and when to walk away.

Looking for quarterly data coverage, expert analysis, lessons from leading credit unions, and more? Callahan has it covered. Comparing top-level performance and digging into the details has never been easier.
First quarter data shows how rising costs are pushing consumers toward flexibility and reshaping borrowing and saving habits.

A dedicated CUSO holding company allows WSECU to move beyond building and back fintech partners it helps shape and scale.

Advancial FCU links internal service standards, employee feedback, and peer recognition to create a more consistent experience for both staff and members.

MSUFCU takes a hands-on approach to fintech, piloting solutions through its in-house lab before scaling and backing them through a wholly owned CUSO.

Affinity Plus FCU has a clear member service mantra: digital for daily, human when it’s hard. Its CEO and CFO share what that looks like in practice.

The New Hampshire cooperative shares how its fintech arm, Service Ventures, evaluates investments, balances risk, and defines success.

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

New data from Gallup shows half of all employees who work for companies that pay for AI tools use them. Credit unions are building their own momentum.