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CU 2.0 Podcast 46: Kirk Kordeleski on Doubling Your Size and More Good News
Welcome to episode 46 of the CU 2.0 Podcast. In this podcast, Kordeleski tells why this is a time of immense, perhaps unprecedented opportunity for credit unions. Use digital and use data to allow your institution to expand in ways that a generation ago would have been unimaginable.
Credit Union 2.0 Podcast 45: Gary Oakland BECU
Welcome to episode 45 of the CU 2.0 Podcast. In this podcast, you will hear his recipe for credit union success. Call this the credit union oral history sequence – Blaine, Bucky Sebastian, now Gary Oakland who took over BECU, with around $700 million in assets, in the mid-1980s and when he left in 2012 […]
Credit Unions Buying Banks: Good, Bad, or Plain Ugly?
Eight times so far this year a credit union has bought a bank, according to Credit Union Times’ count. Some deals are small – Verve, for instance, paid $43 million to buy South Central Bank in Chicago. Some are bigger such as Arizona Federal Credit Union’s buy of Pinnacle Bank in Scottsdale with its $236 […]
Updates in the Equifax Security Breach Settlement
You may remember the Equifax security breach in 2017. If you don’t, here’s a refresher: In late 2017, Equifax announces a cybersecurity breach that jeopardized the personally identifiable information of nearly 150 million people. Names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and identification were all compromised. This week in July 2019, Equifax settled with the […]
Credit Union 2.0 Podcast 44: Wendell “Bucky” Sebastian – a Credit Union Life
Welcome to episode 44 of the CU 2.0 Podcast. In this podcast, you’ll hear what killed off savings and loans and why credit unions escaped their fate, why community banks may be next to expire (and what may keep them alive), and the big advantage credit union CEOs have over their peers at banks. A […]
Credit Union 2.0 Podcast 43: Caroline Willard Cornerstone League
Welcome to episode 43 of the CU 2.0 Podcast. Today is all about what credit unions need to do to survive and what leagues need to do. Cannabis banking. Data breaches. Taxation of credit unions. The disappearance of small credit unions. The rise of $10 billion+ credit union behemoths. Welcome to the world of Caroline […]
The NYC Taxi Medallion Mess: Who Do You Trust?
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a report that skewers the NCUA for failing to work with taxi medallion borrowers who owe much more on their medallion loan than the medallion is worth. And stressed drivers, a few at least, are committing suicide in despair. The report did not pull its punch: “credit […]
CU 2.0 Podcast 42: Walt Laskos, CCUA, on Credit Unions Fighting Elder Fraud
Welcome to episode 42 of the CU 2.0 Podcast. Today is all about fraud for credit unions. Elder fraud is big business. The FBI calculates last year’s losses at over $700 million and involving two million seniors. That’s a lot of pain.
VentureTech Conference 2019: A Promising Fintech Venture Capital Opportunity
At CU2.0, we work with a lot of fintechs. Fintechs have great ideas, dynamic products, and forward-thinking services. Yet the life of a startup is a tricky one. One of the biggest obstacles that most fintechs face is funding. Where can Fintechs find venture capital? How can they raise funds? If your fintech works with […]