Relationship Banking Promotes Success
A partnership between Wescom Credit Union and its CUSO rewards members for choosing the credit union for insurance products as well as financial services.
A partnership between Wescom Credit Union and its CUSO rewards members for choosing the credit union for insurance products as well as financial services.
California’s Arrowhead Credit Union shows a tenacious turnaround, making tough decisions, and running lean and mean in the recovering marketplace.
In late July, Inland Empire community leaders sent NCUA a letter about Arrowhead’s conservatorship. On August 10, NCUA responded but failed to address the writers’ chief concern — when will they get their credit union back?
How Langley FCU encourages communication and collaboration between departments to create shared, trackable definitions of success.
The U.S. financial services industry is standing at an IT crossroads-one that will greatly impact its ability to grow its business, satisfy customers, manage risk and cope with an increasingly challenging regulatory landscape.
Minnesota’s SPIRE FCU ran a tight operation to survive the recession. And when the economy turned around, the credit union had a plan in place to take its financials, its members, and its community to new heights.
Laura Mugge of Electro Savings Federal Credit Union explains her credit union’s evergreen tree seedling program to promote youth saving.
NCUA’s June 30 data confirms a turnaround at Arrowhead and prompts serious questions about the agency’s supervisory judgments.
Year-end data clearly proves there is no capital problem or shortfall in the credit union system.
Last Thursday, in a continuing series of best practices and performance analysis webinars, Callahan & Associates organized Playing in the Big Leagues. This online seminar featured 25 credit unions from across the country, all between $100-250 million in assets, discuss

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.
What Does Fourth Quarter Data Mean For The Risk-Based Capital Proposal?