CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 389 Alloy’s Sara Seguin on the State of Fraud in 2026
Fraud is up, a lot, at credit unions, according to the Alloy 2026 State of Fraud Report, says Sara Seguin, a principal adviser at Alloy.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 388 One Nevada’s Steve O’Donnell Inside the Mind of a CEO
What a ride Steve O’Donnell has had at One Nevada Credit Union, a $1.5 billion institution where he started as a teller some 22 years ago and in August 2025 he was promoted to CEO.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 387 Safe Harbor’s Terry Mendez on Cannabis Banking Now
Safe Harbor, the Golden CO based cannabis banking pioneer, is alive and growing and that’s the message of today’s guest Terry Mendez, the recently installed CEO.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 386 Sogolytics’ Melissa Krut on the Generation Barrier Between Credit Unions and Younger Potential Members
The Credit Union Generation Barrier.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 385 Inside the Mind of Ascend CU’s CIO Rik Reitmaeir
Rik Reitmaier, CIO of Tennessee’s Ascend Federal Credit Union ($4.4B, 245,000 members, top 100 CU), shares his biggest tech, risk, and growth concerns.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 384 Starlight Is Now a CUSO Backed by One Washington Financial
I fancy myself something of a minor expert on Medicare and often have advised friends who are approaching 65 about their best options. Until a man I know approached me and asked for my advice. He added he was dually qualified for Medicare and Medicaid and he thought he probably qualified for food benefits, too.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 383 MBFS’s Mark Ritter on Member Business Lending Now
Mark Ritter, CEO of Member Business Financial Services, a Pennsylvania based CUSO, estimates that about 800 US credit unions do member business lending, meaning that perhaps 3700 don’t.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 382 Cotribute and CPM Federal Credit Union on Digital Account Onboarding
It’s typically the first in depth contact a non member has with a credit union and that non member, increasingly, is seeking to open a new account online.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 381 West Community Credit Union’s Josh Rodriguez on Getting Creative
The conversation with West Community Credit Union’s Josh Rodriguez started in Ashland OR at the CU 2.0/ Room (39) a event in late September and in this podcast it picks up again.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 380 Cardinal Credit Union’s Christine Blake and Nuuvia’s Marcel King on Getting Youth Banking Right
Fact: youth banking is the entry ramp into a credit union.