A Personal Touch
Sooper Credit Union creates an intimate member rapport through personalized URLs.
Sooper Credit Union creates an intimate member rapport through personalized URLs.
How credit unions today are creating more profitable members through segmentation strategies.
Credit unions need to recognize the power in their members’ stories as a way to communicate the credit union difference.
A big Indiana credit union offers high rates to savers while a small Virginia credit union charges ahead with a community charter.
First Financial revamps its tell-a-friend program to Keep It Simple (and Successful).
Harvest FCU adds members through a family-focused referral program.
This week, CreditUnions.com features examples from across the industry of successful credit union new member referral programs.

The annual conference offered insights on why service organizations remain a strategic asset for credit unions and how collaboration, AI, and advocacy are shaping what comes next.

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.