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 [...]

CUNA’s Community Credit Union & Growth Conference is in full swing! You can follow along on Twitter using the hasthtag #CUGrowth or by following our CUNAverse Twitter feed. The event, which is held in San Francisco this year, focuses on transforming innovative thought into solid action plans for credit union growth. Sessions run the gamut from gaining [...]

Happy International Credit Union Day to one and all! As we’ve mentioned here, here, and here ICU Day is celebrated across the globe throughout the credit union community and is a great way to promote the credit union difference, especially in today’s economic climate. To help celebrate, we thought it would be a good idea [...]

September ushered in changing fall foliage, football, and plenty of excellent credit union articles. Selecting the top 10 must-reads was no easy task, but we at CUNAverse believe the following list delivers the best content from across the internet. As always, we highlight important credit union articles from a variety of sources, including The Wall [...]

If you are a fan of science-fiction and a fellow thirty-something, then you will remember growing up with Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979).  For me it was a staple of TV viewing, along with Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Kung-Fu, and WGN’s Family Classics. What I didn’t know until recently is that Commandar Adama–the wise leader [...]

The third Thursday every October has marked International Credit Union Day each year since 1948. On this day, credit unions around the world celebrate their impact locally and abroad as not-for-profit financial cooperatives. Why do they do this? Because credit unions from Philadelphia to the Philippines participate in a global financial cooperative movement with a unique [...]

What a busy summer in credit union land! We took a brief respite from our “Must Read” lists this summer to tend to other matters, but fear not! This post includes five articles for each month—June, July, and August—on important credit union topics you may have missed. We hope these are helpful and, as always, [...]

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 [...]