From Jill Stevenson: Were any of us expecting the surge of public outcry against big banks when Bank of America made that little announcement of charging a monthly $5 fee on debit cards? Come on, really…it’s not like they haven’t added new fees or increased fee charges before. I think not… When opportunity knocks, when [...]
From Brent Dixon: The cooperative movement has a problem with aging. Average age of cooperative members and employees is over a decade older than the average age of people in the US and in Canada. We feel this pain in the credit union industry. The average age of a credit union member is 47, and 75% [...]
This post comes to us from Josh Allison, Relationship Development Manager for Horizon Credit Union in Spokane Valley, WA. Josh will be presenting at CUNA Community Credit Union & Growth Conference, October 24-27 in San Francisco, CA. It’s a recent email Josh sent to the Credit Union Development Educator email list serve. After reading the [...]
In this, the second part of a two-part series, Matthew Cropp outlines his opinion on how peer-to-peer lending may help credit unions capitalize on the the social capital of their members. Don’t miss Matthew’s first post on the topic, here. From Matthew Cropp: When Alphonse Desjardins and Edward Filene began spreading credit unionism in North America [...]
This is the first in a two-part series from Matthew Cropp, budding historian and author of the blog Credit Union History. Look for his second post in the coming days which outlines Matt’s opinion on how peer-to-peer lending may help credit unions capitalize on the the social capital of their members. From Matthew Cropp: In [...]
From Natalie Sherry: When I began working for the Credit Union National Association nine months ago as the Membership Manager for CUNA Councils, I was excited to join the largest professional organization supporting credit union executives! Since 1994, Councils have provided the resources and networking opportunities necessary to help credit unions thrive, and along the [...]
