CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 217 Kent Lugrand CEO of InTouch Credit Union on Rewards Innovation and a Lot More
This is a different kind of podcast. Unlike just about any other in the series. It started normally enough. An email came in from a PR person offering Kent Lugrand, CEO of the $1 billion InTouch Credit Union in Texas, as a guest to discuss the institution’s high yield checking account which provides members a […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Kirk Kordeleski Money Talks Episode 3: CUES and Its Executive Compensation Bombshell
The latest CUES executive compensation numbers for credit union executives are out and this explosion still reverberates across the industry. Total median executive comp in 2022 was up 14.9%. For CEOs the total median compensation was $515,602.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 216 Chad Heese Chief Lending Officer Rogue Credit Union
What a difference a year makes. A year ago the typical credit union was awash in deposits – much of it coming in via stimulus money – and accordingly there was a rush to get that money back out on the streets working. that meant loans.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 215 Robert Johnston CEO of Adlumin on Cyber War and Your Credit Union
Robert Johnston was a Marine and that is where he honed his skills at waging war in the cyber dimension – and you better believe that is where a lot of warfare now happens, from Russia knocking out ATMs in neighboring countries through nation-state hackers targeting financial institutions, both to fuel widespread anxiety and simply […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 214 Tom Shen, Malauzai Founder and Fintech OG
Tom Shen is a fintech OG, one of the originals who got his start in the industry 40 years ago when it was still called just financial services.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 213 Evan Bush Statflo on Compliant Texting Tools for Credit Unions
Your members’ text. Especially your younger members but today, really, everybody texts. That means your employees text too. So why can’t your employees text members with questions and offer them help. pointers, suggestions?
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 212 How $130mil River City FCU Became a Small Business Lender
Talk about miracles. River City FCU in San Antonio knew it wanted to make small business loans – many of its members owned and/or worked in small businesses – and you have to know how hard it is for any small business to snare a loan. Then up the degree of difficulty if the small […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 211 Chris Doner CEO Access Softek on Why You Need a Robo-Advisor
A machine just maybe can pick stocks better than a human – and just maybe credit unions can augment their investment services by offering a new Robo-advisor service from longtime fintech Access Softek, a 36-year-old Berkeley CA-based fintech that offers online and mobile banking and more to hundreds of FIs.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 210 Abrar Ahmed on id-go to Prevent Account Takeover Attacks
There has to be a better way. A safer way. There has to be a way to swiftly let a member re-set a password to gain entry to his/her accounts and to also defeat the account take-over criminals who specialize in seizing control of others’ accounts and swiftly draining them.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 209 Landon Glenn, CEO of ASA, the New way for CUs and Fintechs to Connect
You are going to want to listen to this podcast twice. That’s because the first time you hear it you will think, this can’t be so. It can’t be that easy for a credit union to connect with fintechs and have all the compliance and integration and all that complex and expensive stuff just, well, […]