By Lisa Hochgraf

Credit unions say yes to Michigan business!

What a great message for credit unions to put out to the public in a state where the economy has been severely challenged--and where the government is calling for support for local business initiatives.

By Jim Ghiglieri 

Last week, credit unions and their debit program partners were finally able to exhale, having held their collective breath for months in anticipation of the Fed’s final rules governing debit interchange and network routing. 

Not only were many in the industry relieved to see a more realistic interchange cap; they were also calmed by the Fed’s decision to enact the lesser of two evils where network routing was concerned. 

By Theresa Witham

If you want to get excited about what credit unions can do in the world, you should get involved with the World Council of Credit Unions. WOCCU's Pete Crear

By Aris Jerahian 

Predictions about the post-Durbin debit marketplace have been wide-ranging since even before the Federal Reserve Board announced its plans for an interchange cap.  

Conjecture has only increased since the Senate failed to pass a delay. With final rules expected this week, it seems everyone is speculating how card issuers, merchants, networks – and even cardholders themselves – will react once the final rules are put into place.  

By Barb Kachelski, CAE

Graduation attire normally consists of a gown and mortarboard.

By Jim Benlein, CISA, CISM

Walk around your office. The members in your lobby. The employees at their desks. Ask yourself, “Would they ever leave home without it?” Their cell phone, that is.  

By Lisa Hochgraf

Try this. Really.

Take a quick walk down the hall outside your office and ask the first three people you meet to define what “risk” means for your credit union.

OK. Get up. Head out.

By Fred Johnson

Since I’ll be retiring one of these days, folks who know me well have asked what I hope to leave as my legacy. 

I hope that my 22 years at CUES have left the movement a better place with better prepared leaders.

When I was invited a few weeks ago to a meeting of credit union collaborators at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, it struck me that I have seen many indicators that CUES has had a lasting impact on the movement through our ties with world class universities—including UVA—over the last 15 years.

The search for emerging credit union leaders is on! As today's 5 p.m. Eastern deadline nears, there are nine entrants in the 2011 Next Top Credit Union Exec contest, at least one in four of the six regions. 

We have... 

By Lisa Hochgraf

My eyes were attracted to a recent article from BAI in part because it's written by compliance expert Carl Pry, who has written many good articles for us in the past, and also because it highlights a fast-approaching Dodd-Frank-related deposit availability change that needs to be implemented by front-line staff on July 21. July 21!? That's almost next week.