A New Type Of Credit Card Control
Technology Credit Union’s stand-alone card-control app offers members customizable security.
Technology Credit Union’s stand-alone card-control app offers members customizable security.
MSUFCU looks inward to identify sticky products and save members millions.
Callahan’s millennials weigh in on Debitize, a service that promises to make a credit card act like a debit card.
Branch design. Added security. Multiple touch points. Financial Horizons and Lake Trust share tricks to navigate on-demand card programs.
Experts with the new skill sets are the necessary partners to succeed in today’s competitive environment, delivering knowledge and service.
Credit unions can now offer speedier payments, but even those that don’t offer same-day settlements need to take note.
Interest on loans drive the income train, but other revenue streams are steaming along.
Family Savings staff — with help from law enforcement and cooperative retailers — brought a fraud case to a quick resolution.
How to inject the credit union message into a seamless payments process, and how the merchant response to the EMV liability shift might be emerging were two hot topics at CSCU’s annual conference.
Adopting risk strategies to the changing threats now includes facing down card reward fraud and more.

A look at year-end performance trends reveals how earnings, affordability pressures, and asset quality are redefining the operating environment heading into 2026.

Members are struggling with an affordability crisis that is changing how they manage debt, and new behaviors are showing up across the credit union loan portfolio.

This year’s Innovation Series returns with bigger impact and broader horizons. Since 2018, this annual showcase has spotlighted forward-thinking solutions by giving innovators a stage to share ideas, demonstrate solutions, and spark meaningful change.
Credit union asset quality didn’t collapse in 2025 — but it didn’t cooperate, either. What’s going on, and are credit unions prepared to respond in 2026?

This year’s Innovation Series returns with bigger impact and broader horizons. Since 2018, this annual showcase has spotlighted forward-thinking solutions by giving innovators a stage to share ideas, demonstrate solutions, and spark meaningful change.

This year’s Innovation Series returns with bigger impact and broader horizons. Since 2018, this annual showcase has spotlighted forward-thinking solutions by giving innovators a stage to share ideas, demonstrate solutions, and spark meaningful change.
The affordability crisis extends far beyond big-ticket expenses. As the rising cost of basic necessities outpaces income growth, household budgets are under strain and long-term financial stability is increasingly at risk.
As credit unions move deeper into 2026, the earnings conversation is shifting. Elevated interest rates have boosted margins and strengthened earnings flexibility, but that advantage won’t persist indefinitely.
A radical shift is taking place in the way consumers move money and engage with their financial institution.

How the Michigan-based cooperative’s “Culture of Finance” curriculum is reframing financial education.