Does Your Credit Union Have A Horticulturalist?
Growing a productive company culture requires different care for “annuals” and “perennials.”
Growing a productive company culture requires different care for “annuals” and “perennials.”
Enterprise-wide awareness at Heartland Credit Union helps the Illinois cooperative stay in step with regulatory rule-following.
A book about culture prompts deeper thinking about the importance of multiple teams in support of the movement.
To go along with a name change, this Illinois credit union shifted its overall culture.
Seeing a northern Virginia farm go bold prompts considerations of what credit unions can tell their members and their communities.
Whether a credit union’s staff and leadership is comfortable going off script to solve member problems is a matter of culture.
There’s help out there for ensuring QC happens among people and processes.
The CXO of Wright-Patt Credit Union talks about what’s changed, what’s stayed the same, and what matters most as the industry evolves.

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.
Does Your Credit Union Have A Horticulturalist?