Pick Your Own Mortgage Terms
April 2, 2015
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CitizensFirst Credit Union lets members customize the length of their mortgage to increase mortgage volume and reduce interest rate risk.
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Opportunities In The Lending Portfolio
April 2, 2015
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Credit unions are on pace to break lending records set in 2012, but they need to recognize the reward and risk inherent in strong growth.
NCUA Repeats Its Favorite April Fools’ Day Joke
April 2, 2015
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The Federal Credit Union Act requires the NCUA to submit an annual report to the President and Congress by April 1. Another year has come and gone with no report.
Security And Statistics Tell The Tale
April 2, 2015
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Reports show feds quietly raising bar on security and noting demographic differences in mobile banking and payments.
Don’t Believe The Hype
April 2, 2015
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The bond bulls and economic bear crowd is over-hyping the potential for tomorrow’s jobs number to be a game changer.
Raising Alarm About Risk-Based Capital
April 2, 2015
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Callahan’s research chief goes on the air with CUbroadcast to discuss why the NCUA board should vote against the agency’s proposed risk-based capital rule and why credit unions need to lodge their comments now.
RBC2: Only One Mind To Change
April 2, 2015
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Credit unions should focus their efforts on persuading NCUA board member Rick Metsger to change his mind on RBC.
Bringing Hope Back to the Bay
April 1, 2015
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Economic turbulence had an entire Florida community singing the blues, but the reinvigoration of a cooperative vornerstone is set to change the outlook in 2011.
Becoming a Community Involvement VIP
April 1, 2015
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Scott CU challenged their employees to give back to the community and received a vigorous response while the credit union experienced tremendous growth.
3 Technology Trends That Will Affect Credit Union Lending In 2015
April 1, 2015
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Emerging technology is addressing back-end automation and front-end security within the credit union walls.
Pick Your Own Mortgage Terms
CitizensFirst Credit Union lets members customize the length of their mortgage to increase mortgage volume and reduce interest rate risk.
Opportunities In The Lending Portfolio
Credit unions are on pace to break lending records set in 2012, but they need to recognize the reward and risk inherent in strong growth.
Security And Statistics Tell The Tale
Reports show feds quietly raising bar on security and noting demographic differences in mobile banking and payments.
Don’t Believe The Hype
The bond bulls and economic bear crowd is over-hyping the potential for tomorrow’s jobs number to be a game changer.
Raising Alarm About Risk-Based Capital
Callahan's research chief goes on the air with CUbroadcast to discuss why the NCUA board should vote against the agency's proposed risk-based capital rule and ...
RBC2: Only One Mind To Change
Credit unions should focus their efforts on persuading NCUA board member Rick Metsger to change his mind on RBC.
Bringing Hope Back to the Bay
Economic turbulence had an entire Florida community singing the blues, but the reinvigoration of a cooperative vornerstone is set to change the outlook in 2011.
Becoming a Community Involvement VIP
Scott CU challenged their employees to give back to the community and received a vigorous response while the credit union experienced tremendous growth.
3 Technology Trends That Will Affect Credit Union Lending In 2015
Emerging technology is addressing back-end automation and front-end security within the credit union walls.
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