The CU 2.0 Blog covers trends, technologies, strategies, and organizations.

fintech platforms for credit union member engagement

Member engagement. It’s that thing everyone talks about at conferences but struggles to actually deliver on. It’s something that pops up in …

Fraud is up, a lot, at credit unions, according to the Alloy 2026 State of Fraud Report, says Sara Seguin, a principal adviser at …

What a ride Steve O’Donnell has had at One Nevada Credit Union, a $1.5 billion institution where he started as a teller …

ai predictions for credit unions in 2026

These are our least-spicy AI predictions for credit unions in 2026. Nothing here requires a crystal ball or a huge leap of …

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 …

the best credit union conferences 2026

We did conference research so you don’t have to! Well, maybe reading this counts as research, but it’s not as soul-sucking as …

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 …

I fancy myself something of a minor expert on Medicare and often have advised friends who are approaching 65 about their best …

Mark Ritter, CEO of Member Business Financial Services, a Pennsylvania based CUSO, estimates that about 800 US credit unions do member business lending, …

avibra netflix amex strategies for credit unions

Big banks have something most credit unions don’t: massive marketing budgets and flashy perks that catch members’ attention. They offer travel credits, …

It’s typically the first in depth contact a non member has with a credit union and that non member, increasingly, is seeking …