With net interest margin at its lowest level in recent history, credit unions will need greater focus on expense control to overcome the earnings squeeze.
Looking for new opportunities, we formed a CUSO holding company and within it a marketing company. This marketing company serves credit unions, even banks, has been profitable since inception and has extended our reach to persons otherwise not served.
Many seniors are concerned about funding their retirement, especially with rising medical and living expenses. A reverse mortgage product allows credit unions help older members address their financial needs.
As the ability to expand and advance member offerings online continues forward, credit unions are looking for enhanced ways to empower their members with technology to better understand their needs and position the credit union more favorably as the trusted primary financial institution (PFI). Popular solutions are emerging that
The new accounting standard from FASB presents challenges and opportunities to credit unions and CUSOs.
Introducing monthly dues was a risky move for Arizona Federal. Yet one year later, the credit union has a more engaged membership as a result.
The regulator’s drastic move is a troubling illustration of how the agency created to foster the movements safety and soundness is becoming a threat to its future.
NACUSO conference points up innovative opportunities, regulatory challenges for collaborative entrepreneurship in the credit union model.
Investment and insurance services, two key non-traditional products emerging in credit unions today, can help credit unions achieve a variety of new revenue goals and member service needs. Find out why one credit union has instead turned to a new and more flexible solution for its investment and insurance program.
Never has the competition for auto loans been so fierce. Find out how one credit union is rethinking strategies to aggressively capture these loans.
Alltru FCU stopped treating education as the end goal. Now, financial empowerment guides product design, access, and risk decisions.
More than 50 million U.S. households earn less than the minimum average income needed to cover basic costs of living.
Automatic enrollment and community partnerships help the credit union foundation expand access to early savings for underserved families.
Studies show credit card debt and Buy Now, Pay Later usage continue to rise. Bigger increases could be around the corner.
The credit union completed a three acre headquarters campus in 2021 that offers 52% more space while consuming a fraction of the resources. It’s a model of how cooperatives can lead on sustainability without sacrificing performance.
CDFI credit unions might be fewer in number, but their impact reaches millions of members, and their footprint highlights how targeted mission can translate into broad, measurable reach.
Preventable fraud losses quietly erode credit union margins. The difference between a 25% and 6% loss rate isn’t risk. It’s execution.
Holy Rosary Credit Union has embedded itself into a local high school’s career and technical education program, offering scholarships, internships, and courses eligible for college credit.
Credit union leaders want to know where peers are placing their focus. These six priorities reflect how leadership teams are responding to change with intention and clarity.
As margin support begins to fade, earnings performance is becoming more sensitive to revenue mix and harder to interpret through public reporting alone.
NCUA Summarily Executes 6 Credit Unions Without Due Process