What’s In Store For 2017?
Technology providers evaluate 2016 and look ahead to the coming year.
Technology providers evaluate 2016 and look ahead to the coming year.
First Tech goes first in facial authentication pilot with MasterCard.
Cyber insurance is an emerging field, while the Internet of Things scares.
The internet is a mix of risk and reward, and it’s a marketplace where credit unions often find themselves an unwitting offering on the shelf.
Credit unions used creative ways to serve new markets and members throughout 2016, and they survived the first year of some dramatic document changes.
Five ways credit unions decided whether to deploy or defer new technologies.
The Iowa credit union used card chip deployment to realign vendor relationships across its payments processes.
Listerhill Credit Union is among the financial institutions questioning the protective benefits of EMV and asking “what’s the rush?” to shift.
A new multi-channel alert system provides immediate paybacks for CSCU credit card clients.
The Alabama credit union is developing a repertoire of live and virtual seminars.

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.

As margin support begins to fade, earnings performance is becoming more sensitive to revenue mix and harder to interpret through public reporting alone.