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Oct 3, 2024 | 
oswegonian.com | Sydney Isabelle Mayer
Penfield Library hosted its annual “Oz Reads Banned Books” event to kick off Banned Books Week, following the rising number of books banned or challenged in various public schools across the country. “People often don’t realize how relevant book banning is to them, even if it’s not happening in their community,” Nicole Westerdahl, a librarian at Penfield, said.
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May 28, 2024 | 
media.americascreditunions.org | Sydney Isabelle Mayer
Listen to the article The power of microlearning Overstimulated. Easily distracted. Unable to focus. These are just a few of the reasons people point to when financial industry leaders explore why it can be challenging to connect with the next generation. They aren’t all off-base: Microsoft released findings that suggest Generation Z has an attention span of less than eight seconds. And Millennials’ attention span, at around 12 seconds, isn’t much longer.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
oswegonian.com | Sydney Isabelle Mayer
Oswego’s Common Council rejected a resolution April 22 that would have refused the preliminary assessment roll performed by GAR Associates, terminated their contract and reinstated the prior year’s assessment roll. The council voted to authorize a citywide property revaluation to be performed by GAR Associates, a Buffalo-based, real estate appraisal company, in June 2022. Soon after residents received notice of their re-evaluations, many brought their concerns to the common council.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Jimese Harkley |Paul Kundert |Lauren Culp |Sydney Isabelle Mayer
Isaac Newton is said to have said, “Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.” With this statement, Newton, famous for inventing calculus and for his work on forces during the 1600s, seems to have been well ahead of his time in understanding emotional intelligence.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Paul Kundert |Sydney Isabelle Mayer |Mark Arnold |Chad Davis
Credit unions are financial cooperatives, mutually owned by their members. They are a special kind of financial institution organized and operated for the benefit of their membership. This unique structure is different from for-profit corporations which typically fall into categories of public company or privately held companies. According to Investopedia, an aspect of private company status is privacy.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Lauren Culp |Sydney Isabelle Mayer |Mark Arnold |Chad Davis
If you are looking for members with high deposit value and aren’t rate sensitive when borrowing, lthen you should be prioritizing your retiring members. That’s the message that our sponsored guest Rhian Horgan, President and CEO, Silvur, wants you to hear. In this episode, we discuss why retirees are often underserved and provide a contemporary blueprint for helping your members retire with peace of mind.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Mark Arnold |Sean Galli |Lauren Culp |Sydney Isabelle Mayer
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse was visible in parts of the United States. The eclipse clocked in at just over four minutes, but some local governments declared disaster declarations due to the unusual influx of people. This incredible event “eclipsed” work, school and more in areas that experienced it. There’s an eclipse problem among community financial institutions too…and it’s not caused by solar phenomena.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Michael S. Derby |Lauren Culp |Sydney Isabelle Mayer |Mark Arnold
Americans’ outlook for inflation was mixed last month amid expectations for bigger prices rises across a range of key goods and services, as worries about missing debt payments mounted, a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Monday. The bank found in its March Survey of Consumer Expectations that the public sees inflation a year from now at 3%, unchanged from the prior month.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Lauren Culp |Sydney Isabelle Mayer |Mark Arnold |Chad Davis
The aspiration of homeownership has been deeply ingrained in the fabric of American culture. However, for millennials and Gen Z, this aspiration can be frightening with the harsh realities of housing affordability. As rent continues to rise and home prices reach unprecedented heights, younger generations find themselves struggling with the prospect of owning a home.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | David Hollerith |Lauren Culp |Sydney Isabelle Mayer |Mark Arnold
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon said in a new shareholder letter Monday that he is worried about a number of risks to a resilient US economy that could “lead to stickier inflation and higher rates than markets expect.”He cited large amounts of government spending and efforts by the Federal Reserve to shrink its balance sheet, as well as the ongoing wars in the Middle East and Ukraine and their potential to disrupt essential commodities markets, migration and geopolitical relationships.
