CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 165 UNest and Smarter Savings for Children

You know the horror stories – the educational loan burden keeps mounting for many millions and, frankly, the options for lessening that burden are not plentiful.
4 Things to Consider During A Credit Union Website Redesign

By Dylan Bloniarz, soon-to-be graduate from St. Edwards University’s Master’s program in Digital Marketing and Data Analytics. This blog is about credit union web design. He is currently redesigning his credit union’s website. You may find the original post here. Taking on the project of a website redesign is not an easy task, no matter the […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 164 Pamela Owens SVP Inclusiv on African American Credit Unions and a Whole Lot More DEI 5 2021

She’s smart. She has around 20 years experience at Inclusiv, the association for community development financial institutions and its predecessor organization. And she has put a lot of attention on African American Credit Unions. Will they survive? Does it matter?
Is It Time for a New Website at Your Credit Union?

LOOK AT IT FROM A CONSUMER’S STANDPOINT. HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE USER EXPERIENCE? By Dylan Bloniarz, soon-to-be graduate from St. Edwards University’s Master’s program in Digital Marketing and Data Analytics. This blog is about credit union web design. He is currently redesigning his credit union’s website. You may find the original post here.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 163 Khellar Crawford CEO Otomo

Go to the website for Otomo and here’s what jumps out at you: “Be the money platform people love. Turn any account holder into an avid user with autonomous personal money management.” Read it again.
Why You Need to Join the Fintech Meetup

Fintech Meetup is a massive online networking event. It brings together ~4,000 financial services professionals (mostly executives) for three days of meeting and networking. RESERVE MY SPACE NOW Based on the success of the last event, we’re positive that you’ll find a lot to like about this one. In fact…
Credit Union Analytics: Current Trends, Solutions, and Use Cases

This piece is based off of a roundtable discussion at the CU 2.0 Brainstorm Event in July 2021. It is not intended to be comprehensive—rather, it will provide a quick look at emerging trends in data analytics for credit unions.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 162 Peter Rice Workers Credit Union on What’s Stressing Out Your Members and How Credit Unions Can Help

Money woes. It sounds like the title of a blues song but, ask Peter Rice, Chief Banking Officer at Workers Credit Union in Massachusetts, and he will tell you it’s not an oldie but today’s lyric and he can prove it with a recent Central Mass survey that found 65% of the residents said they were unsure, […]
Marketing to Millennials and Gen Z

This piece is based off of a roundtable discussion at the CU 2.0 Brainstorm Event in July 2021. It is not intended to be comprehensive—rather, it will provide a cursory introduction to marketing to Millennials and Gen Z.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 161 Kavita Singh Payrailz on AI and Your Credit Union

Ask Kavita Singh – a vice president at payments company Payrailz – what’s a smart way to differentiate a credit union in a a competitive marketplace that is ever more cluttered and her answer is succinct: AI.