Author: Katy Wagnon
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Financial Reality Fair Throws Students into the ‘Real World’
Students learned important budgeting skills as they got a glimpse of real-world expenses.
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Credit Union Contact Center Member Experience is Declining
Credit unions are looking for creative ways to make the call center experience what it should be.
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Arizona’s Credit Union West Highlights Student Entrepreneurship in Financial Challenge
Financial education leads college students to succeed in their small business ideas.
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Over $38 Million Awarded to CUs and $3.5 Million Still Available
CDFI Equitable Recovery Program award recipients announced, along with an NCUA grant opportunity for low-income designated credit unions.
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Connecting Big Ideas to Individual Actions – YP Summit
Develop a greater sense of the credit union space and your role in it as you grow your network and take away actionable next steps for your career at YP Summit.
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How to Choose Your Cloud Data Warehouse
A modern data architecture addresses those different needs by providing a way to manage all data types, workloads, and analyses.
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Idaho Credit Unions See Progress in New Financial Literacy Law
House Bill 92 requires all high schools in Idaho to provide a finance class.
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The Challenge of Balancing In-Person, Hybrid, and Remote Work Options in the Credit Union Industry
Four-day work weeks, hybrid work options, and updates on a variety of trending HR topics will be shared in the HR Update Seminar.
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Compliance Newsletter – April 11, 2023
Stay informed on the latest news and resources around compliance-related issues.
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How CU Professionals are Becoming Leaders
Leadership Institute is off and running, but there are so many more opportunities for credit unions to get in the action!
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4 Fundamental Elements Every Spring Strategy Session Needs
If launching another session devoted to strategy sounds daunting, here is a roadmap we urge credit union leaders to use.
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The Balancing Act of Safe Liquidity Levels and Satisfying Earnings
The challenge is identifying how much liquidity is necessary.
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NW Plus CU Earns Juntos Avanzamos Designation
“Committed to serving and empowering Hispanic and immigrant consumers.”
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Gesa Credit Union Kicks Off Financial Literacy Month with Launch of Gesa University
The public online resource offers a free interactive financial education curriculum.
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Compliance Newsletter – April 4, 2023
Stay informed on the latest news and resources around compliance-related issues.
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Lights, Camera, Action: Students Take to the Silver Screen in Inspiring CapEd Contest
CapEd is creating space for creativity and skill development for students where there aren’t many opportunities – film.
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GoWest President/CEO Speaks on How Advocacy Can Be Effective in a Divided Congress
GoWest President and CEO Troy Stang spoke to CUBroadcast about GoWest’s high turnout and his strategy behind advocacy.
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Do You Know the Four Keys to Credit Union Success?
Check out what CMG has coined as the essential factors for success!
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Advantis Credit Union Celebrates the Completion of its New Campus in Oregon City
The new campus consolidates four separate office buildings in three different cities into a modern, 76,211-square-foot campus on 12 acres.
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Sound Credit Union and UW Tacoma’s Milgard School Launch Third Annual Competition to Discover the Next FinTech Product
UW Students encouraged to share their FinTech ideas in Competition for $1000-dollar prize