Meet The Finalists For The 2025 Innovation Series: Digital
This year’s finalists are leading the way with digital experiences focused on everything from family banking to omnichannel service, personalized experiences, and more.
This year’s finalists are leading the way with digital experiences focused on everything from family banking to omnichannel service, personalized experiences, and more.
This year’s finalists focus on deepening relationships to drive top-of-wallet status and keep credit unions top of mind.
This year’s finalists help credit unions do more with data to grow their business and increase efficiency.
A substantial portion of the industry is built around serving federal government employees. With federal jobs potentially in jeopardy, credit unions are preparing diverse responses.
The Michigan cooperative is turning data-driven decision-making into the standard operating procedure.
Experts from across the industry discuss their biggest analytics wins, lessons learned, and strategies for smarter data use.
The Illinois-based credit union has used analytics, AI, and more old-fashioned methods to keep members and deepen relationships.
Diverse job titles and responsibilities are helping leading institutions leverage data to make better decisions.
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With premiums rising and some consumers letting coverage lapse, auto insurance is increasingly both a value add and a vital member service.

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

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.

Hands-on work with artificial intelligence tools is future-proofing staff members, giving them the confidence to adopt new technology and embrace efficiencies.