Articles by Darla Dernovsek

Attracting the next generation of members requires interacting on their terms and on their turf.

Many CUs have been reluctant to consider reverse mortgages, but that appears to be changing.

NCUA’s financial literacy requirements are pushing credit union directors to combine the will to offer volunteer leadership with the skills required to assess financial performance.

As more baby boomers reach retirement, the reverse mortgage could move from a novelty product to a new market.

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq sometimes hit painfully close to home for military credit unions.

Declining delinquencies should enable loan loss provisions to dramatically decrease in 2011 and 2012.

The recession, new accounting rules, and compliance burdens have contributed to the slowdown in CU mergers.

Industry analysts say this is the year mobile banking goes mainstream.

A high rate of online banking adoption helped attract 6,000 mobile banking users within the first five months of launch.

OnPoint Community CU emphasizes both access to services and sticky relationships.