The Credit Union Data Analytics 2.0 Provider Guide
Credit unions often lag competitors, technologically. Technological needs must be balanced with service, growth, and profit; often, those needs compete with fintechs, compliance, IT security, and ever-changing regulations. Fortunately, credit unions have access to data—sometimes, that includes data from other credit unions. Yet, having data and leveraging it are two completely different issues. That’s where […]
Credit Union Financial Education and Wellness Guide
Financial education and wellness are big topics these days. Anyone reading this guide has likely heard statistics about how many people live paycheck to paycheck or how few people have $600 socked away for an emergency. With ongoing talk of recession, high inflation, soaring consumer good costs, high interest rates, stagnant wages, and many high-profile […]
CU 2.0 Personal and Unsecured Lending Guide
This 2.0 Guide is intended to show the state of personal (and similar) lending in the U.S. It should also offer some perspective about why rising fintech lenders (such as SoFi) represents a clear threat to credit unions, as well as how credit unions can leverage partnering fintechs to fight back. Credit unions rely on […]
CU 2.0 Account Opening and Onboarding Guide
Let’s face it—if you’re about to join a credit union, and they bring out a stack of paperwork, it’s game over. You’ll walk out and find someplace that isn’t stuck in 1995. And if you nodded in recognition as you read that, imagine how Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha feel when their online account […]
Credit Union CRM and CXM Guide
Download other guides here. The goal of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is to improve and manage interactions with members. CRMs help credit unions manage member information, track interactions, and facilitate communication. This includes capturing member details, tracking leads, recording transactions, and segmenting members based on their preferences or behaviors. CRMs help credit unions organize and […]
Home Lending Provider Guide
This Home Lending 2.0 Guide is intended to show the state of home lending in the U.S. It’ll offer some insight about lending trends and the role that fintechs play in driving those trends. It’ll also explore challenges facing traditional home lenders. Additionally, this guide will dive into borrower expectations and preferences—especially in light of […]
Credit Union Deposits and Liquidity Provider Guide
The downloadable version of this guide is available here. This 2.0 Guide is intended to show the state of liquidity-enabling and deposit generating fintechs and how they help credit unions maintain their ability to meet short-term obligations. For the purposes of this guide, managing liquidity comes in two primary forms. First, there’s generating deposits. Second, […]
A Look into Woop’s Insurance Verification for Credit Unions
Let’s talk about insurance verification for your members. Do you offer it? And should you? And… what do we mean by “insurance verification,” exactly? Here, we’re talking about making sure that your members have adequate home and auto insurance. Many don’t. And that can cause problems. But, if you do offer insurance verification, you can […]
Dear Credit Unions: Financial Education Isn’t Enough
You’ve probably seen headlines that say things like “74% of Gen Z wants access to more financial education,” or “Gen Z isn’t financially literate (yet).” The gist of all these articles is the same: Young people say that financial literacy will alleviate some of their money problems. But let’s not pretend that financial education is […]
Credit Union Strategic Planning Facilitators Guide
Download the full Credit Union Strategic Planning Facilitator Guide here. The leaves are falling. The smell of warm toner is in the air. Yup—it’s budget season, which means it’s also time for credit union strategic planning.