Management

Cooperatively Yours

The International Year of Cooperatives celebrates co-op principles, history, and benefits

CUs Cut Costs as Margins Shrink

 How can your CU grow and cut expenses at the same time?

Give Board Engagement a Boost

Study compares corporate and CU board practices.

Pay Attention to New Golden Parachute Rules

Review compensation plans and D&O protection.

Local Focus Pays Off for Arizona CU

 ‘For every $100 spent at a local business, nearly $75 stays in the community.’

Matz: NCUA Exams Will Focus on Lending Risks

Agency will pay particular attention to five areas of lending.

Looking Back: CU Magazine’s Top 12 Articles of 2011

A plethora of issues faced our readers last year.

Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going

Moderating the interchange rule is among CUNA’s 2011 accomplishments.

The CU Model Works, Pure and Simple

It can be helpful to look back at CUs' humble beginnings.

 CU Vision & Values  Run Deep in Matous Family

Detroit CU office was a truck plant’s tool crib.

Credit Union Magazine

Education Helps CUs Connect With Hispanic Members

CU Boosts Business Lending as Banks Retreat

New Realities Shape Today’s Appraisals

CFPB: A Cry From The Heart

Taking Care of Business Cards

I am Marketing Director for a NC credit union. Would you be willing to share your information on your pay day loans?

Thanks for the good memories about Stasia. She was unusual, that's for sure. But she did have a lot to teach us.

Good that someone is making people aware that economic recovery is intimately linked with the availability of health insurance. Older persons who put off retirement till they get medicare hold on to jobs younger persons need. Younger persons who might wish to start their own businesses are discouraged from that because they can't get affordable health insurance.

Not only is this piece entertaining, it has a message we can all use. The doggy references throughout work well to tie divergent ideas together.

Lora, Great post--and so very true. Too many credit unions are indeed risk averse. But your credit union doesn't try (something new), it will die. Could your credit union take a risk and fail? Absolutely. But you are also taking a risk by doing nothing. Risks your credit union should consider in 2012 are: loans to underserved, reaching a minority group, investing in branding, opening a new branch or launching a new product. All those things are risky. But if you aren't failing every now and then, then you really aren't growing. Mark