ALCO – Always Looking Constructively

ALCO – Always Looking Constructively

BY CYNTHIA R WALKER, CEO   The Asset Liability Committee plays a large role in the strategizing and performance of a credit union. Understanding the ALCO’s role and how to organize and utilize an effective ALCO can be ever changing and worth reviewing. Whether...
Consumer Lending: Leave No Stone Unturned

Consumer Lending: Leave No Stone Unturned

BY SCOTT BUTTERFIELD, GUEST AUTHOR Today’s competitive landscape requires many different loan-growth strategies that range from squeezing a little more from indirect auto channels, to a plan to increase higher-yielding consumer loans. Today’s lenders are always...
ALCO – Always Looking Constructively

Minding the Margin

BY MATTHEW JACOBSEN The Federal Funds rate has now been increasing since December of 2015. The current Federal Funds target rate is 1.75% at the time of this writing. The U.S. Treasury curve three-month to five-year terms have also been increasing during this time...