BY CYNTHIA R. WALKER – CEO “New shoes, new shoes, / Red and pink and blue shoes” is the start of one of my favorite childhood rhymes. My sisters and I love shoes, and the beginning of a new school year meant a new pair of shoes. Several of us had narrow, long...
BY CYNTHIA R. WALKER, CEO “Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?” is the beginning of a popular nursery rhyme and comes to mind while thinking of how the credit union system has grown and changed over the last 10 years. As of June 2007, total...
BY JEFF JOHNSON I have read articles recently describing the potential rise in auto delinquencies and charge offs. I often wonder to myself as to how applicable these numbers are to credit unions or to a specific credit union. Historically credit unions have trends...
BY MATTHEW JACOBSEN Achieve Better Measurement, Performance, and Member Service As data storage, computation, and analysis technology continues to advance, many financial institutions continue to leverage this evolution to improve performance and customer service. At...
BY CYNTHIA R. WALKER, CEO Fed fund rates have increased 100 basis points since December of 2015 and yet credit unions, or for that matter, other financial institutions have not increased their deposit rates much over the same time frame. The last 12 months defies many...