CU 2.0 Podcast 23: Sitting Down with Gabe Krajicek, CEO of Kasasa
It’s the Credit Union podcast! CU 2.0 is excited to bring you the twenty-third in a series of podcasts from Robert McGarvey. Welcome to the CU 2.0 Podcast, regular interviews with credit union leaders, thinkers, movers, shakers and more. If Kasasa were a bank branch network, it would be the nation’s fourth largest and it says that sometime […]
CU 2.0 Podcast: Series 18 – Al Pascual on Biometrics
It’s the Credit Union podcast! CU 2.0 is excited to bring you the eighteenth in a series of podcasts from Robert McGarvey. Welcome to the CU 2.0 Podcast, regular interviews with credit union leaders, thinkers, movers, shakers and more. **Pop Quiz** How long have passwords been around? How many credit union members want never to use one […]
Credit Union Member Growth
Credit union membership growth! How do you measure it? It seems like a simple question, just like “where can I get the best burger in town?” seems like a simple question. However, once different interpretations of what constitutes a new member—or a good burger come into play—things don’t stay so clear. I have been on […]
3 Good Reasons You Should Use Video Marketing
Video marketing is here, and it is here to stay. Video has become an integral part of online marketing that your credit union CANNOT afford to ignore. It is the most effective tool for sharing information and entertaining content with your members. According to Cisco, by 2020 video will make up 79% of all internet […]
Are You Leveraging the Power of Laughter in Leadership?
Could a little laughter improve your leadership profile? This entrepreneur went out on a limb to hone his stand-up comedy skills. Joe Fuld is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Washington, D.C. and President of The Campaign Workshop, a political and advocacy advertising agency that provides strategy, digital advertising, content and direct mail services to non-profit and political […]
Three ways to better connect with your membership
As small niche financial institutions, it is imperative that we don’t lose sight of who we serve. It is essential to your credit union’s survival to be highly focused on your niche and to customize and personalize your credit union’s solutions. One of the most essential ingredients in this process is how to connect with […]
QCash Financial Aims to Eradicate Payday Loans
By Robert McGarvey $30 billion annually – that’s how big Pew said the payday, pawn auto title, etc. loan market is in America. When people need a loan, and everybody else has said no, they go to alternative lenders. That’s 10 to 12 million Americans every year. They pay through the nose too. Up to 400% APR. […]
The 50 Most Convenient Credit Unions
By Robert McGarvey For Credit Union 2.0 Did your credit union make the 50 most convenient list? Stop wondering, click to see the MagnifyMoney ranking. What this ranking is about is how easy it is for a member to access the services he/she wants, when he wants them, and so it looks at both the analog and digital worlds, […]
Reinvigorating the Credit Union Board for the 21st Century
By Robert McGarvey for Credit Union 2.0 A two word question recently asked by a credit union board member puts in a starkly bright light the challenge many, many face: “What’s fintech?” No need to embarrass this board member who will remain anonymous. In fact this director may deserve some applause for knowing what he didn’t know. […]
Who Do You Trust? A Credit Union Misstep
By Robert McGarvey For Credit Union 2.0 Call it a core credit union marketing misstep: there’s wide assumption that consumers trust credit unions more than banks. Rubbish. They should, I’ll readily acknowledge that, but there is no persuasive evidence that credit unions in fact score any higher in consumer trust than do banks. And banks really stumble […]