Need Loans? New Proven Lending Strategies
This piece is based off of a roundtable discussion at the CU 2.0 Brainstorm Event in January 2022. It’s not intended to be comprehensive—rather, it will provide a quick look at emerging trends in fintech lending strategies for credit unions. Loans are the backbone of credit union income, yet fintech and neobank competitors are doing […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 205 OGO’s Tim Daugherty on Why You Need a Business Continuity Plan
The pandemic. The Great Resignation. Oregon wild fires. Tornados in Kansas. Face facts: it is tough to know how to deal with the next disaster that comes on your scene because who knows what that will be?
Autonomous Banking Powered by AI-Based Tools
This piece is based off of a roundtable discussion at the CU 2.0 Brainstorm Event in January 2022. It’s not intended to be comprehensive—rather, it will provide a quick look at emerging trends in autonomous and AI-based banking technology. In this session, the expert panel discusses the advantages and limitations of AI and the role […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 204 Guy Messick on CUSOs, Fintechs, and Your Future
If you are a credit union executive you should be staying up at night chewing on this question: how do we survive in an age of relentless technology innovation and an increasing consumer acceptance of trusting their financial services to a fintech. Tossin’ and turnin’.
Non-Interest Income (and How Fintechs Can Help)
This piece is based off of a roundtable discussion at the CU 2.0 Brainstorm Event in January 2022. It’s not intended to be comprehensive—rather, it will provide a quick look at new opportunities for non-interest income for credit unions (and where fintechs are providing a lift). As noted in the panel, credit unions survive by […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 203 Ted Brown Digital Onboarding and Deborah Colby One Nevada CU
Subtitle this podcast: what a fintech needs to know and do to succeed when working with credit unions. Just maybe knowing how to do that is the special sauce that has powered Digital Onboarding – not that many years out of the DCU Fintech Innovation Center – to having 80+ customers in financial services, mainly […]
Fintech Partnership and Consolidation
This piece is based off of a roundtable discussion at the CU 2.0 Brainstorm Event in January 2022. It’s not intended to be comprehensive—rather, it will provide a quick look at emerging trends in credit union and fintech partnerships and consolidation. An increasing number of credit unions are embracing fintech partnership. These partnerships are key […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 202 Kirk Kordeleski Tells If You Are Paid Enough
How much do you make? Is it enough? A question for credit union boards: Are you paying your staff, especially c-suiters, enough to stay competitive in your marketplace?
Crypto for Credit Unions: Blockchain, Crypto, and DeFi
This piece is based off of a roundtable discussion at the CU 2.0 Brainstorm Event in January 2022. It’s not intended to be comprehensive—rather, it will provide a quick look at emerging trends in credit union cryptocurrency, blockchain, and DeFi. Cryptocurrency is making an explosive entrance into the world of finance. However, it’s been around […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 201 Jeff Keltner Upstart on Smarter Lending
What happens when you throw a bunch of ex-Googlers into an office in San Mateo California? Enter Upstart, a new breed lending company that helps financial institutions – credit unions very much included – make more, better-unsecured loans and also do auto refinancing.