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Jan 4, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Mollie Bell |Brian Lee |Robbie Young |Courtney Bravo
Has your credit union been feeling the pinch? The seemingly sudden tightening of the economic screws? Have any of us lived through more industry uncertainty? For the past two years our credit union has placed additional scrutiny on backfilling open positions. We have used the tactic to not only slow operating expense growth but to encourage creative problem solving and optimize processes.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Brian Lee |Robbie Young |Courtney Bravo |Devesh Khare
You may have seen a viral video out of Australia of a kangaroo that had a dog in a headlock. The dog’s owner calmly walks up to the kangaroo and gets into a brief fist fight to get the kangaroo to release his dog. The way this owner approached the situation gave me the impression that this is a regular occurrence for folks in Australia. Then one day I was in Washington, D.C. speaking with a colleague when he mentioned to me that he has brother that moved to Tucson, Arizona.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Robbie Young |Courtney Bravo |Devesh Khare
The thing about disruption is that it’s always coming toward us. No matter how well we’ve adapted to the last thing, there’s always a next thing. Because disruption is part of the fabric of business, cultivating a mindset and practices that embrace disruption can help position organizations to be more resilient and successful. The seeds of most disruption can be seen far in advance.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Steve Cocheo |Robbie Young |Courtney Bravo |Devesh Khare
Handicapping Congress and worrying about issues like “Will there ever be a Biden Comptroller of the Currency who isn’t an ‘acting’ one?” can simply spin your wheels. Nonetheless, many real-world initiatives affecting financial services may come together in 2024 in Washington. Here are five to watch as the year begins, based on interviews with experienced Washington hands and additional research.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Vivien Lou Chen |Greg Robb |Robbie Young |Courtney Bravo
Federal Reserve officials at their meeting in mid-December said that it was possible that the economy could evolve in a manner that would make further rate hikes appropriate, according to a summary of the discussion released Wednesday. The minutes portray a cautious Fed official, even though almost all of the top officials had penciled in some easing in 2024 in their forecasts.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Daniel Bradshaw |Robbie Young |Courtney Bravo |Devesh Khare
The Oxford English Dictionary just unveiled its 2023 Word of the Year: “rizz.”At first glance, this internet-born term might seem out of place in the realm of your credit union brand. But its essence — embodying charisma and an irresistible appeal — is absolutely relevant to institutions striving to carve out a distinctive identity in a crowded marketplace. “Rizz,” a condensed form of ‘charisma,’ initially gained traction on digital platforms.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | David Baumann |Robbie Young |Courtney Bravo |Devesh Khare
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should abandon its proposed rule giving consumers easy and free access to their financial data and start the entire rulemaking process over again, the two national credit union trade groups told the bureau last week.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Jami Jennings |VisiFi T.I.P.P.s |Robbie Young |Courtney Bravo
What does Taylor Swift have to do with credit unions? On today’s episode, our host Jami Jennings, VisiFI’s Vice President of Product Marketing Strategy, and Tom Sakash, Manager of Small Credit Union Initiatives at America’s Credit Unions, reflect on the key takeaways from 2023 and explore strategies for growth in 2024, including Tom’s unexpected connection between Taylor Swift and credit unions.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Robbie Young |Courtney Bravo |Devesh Khare |Joy Smith-Durant
My husband is a rocket scientist (well, Aerospace Systems Engineer, same, same) and is passionate about space, science, and everything in between. One day, while browsing our bookshelf, I stumbled upon a book titled Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. The title intrigued me – how could someone possibly learn astrophysics in a hurry? That title got me thinking about a broader question: What else can we learn quickly?
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Courtney Bravo |Devesh Khare |Joy Smith-Durant |Eagle Federal
Regardless of how you feel about it, a new year is finally here. To celebrate, most of us are busy making our list of resolutions that we’ll undoubtedly boast about on social media, but over half of those who commit to a New Year’s resolution will abandon their goal by February. While we’re used to the go-to New Year’s resolutions of losing weight or eating better, according to a Statista article, the top resolution for Americans going into 2024 is to save money.
