CU 2.0 Podcast 91 Sherif Hassan Capiform on Smarter Lending Now

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How could we build a lending tool that anybody could use? That is the driving thought that led Sherif Hassan to form fintech Capiform and the timing could not be better. That’s because, with the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing recession, suddenly credit unions are awash with savings deposits (as investors flee equity markets) and they also […]

CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 82 Jon Ogden MX on the Future of Banking

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Does your credit union have a future? There’s the blunt question. Welcome to the CU2.0 Podcast with your host Robert McGarvey. Today’s guest Jon Ogden, head of strategic content at digital firm MX which has recently released two provocative reports, The Ultimate Guide to the Future of Banking and the Ultimate Guide to Digital Transformation. Read them, they […]

CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 81 Keith Leggett and Bank-Credit Union Mergers

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When a credit union buys a community bank is that dancing with the devil? Welcome to the CU2.0 podcast with your host Robert McGarvey. Today’s guest Keith Leggett, now retired Chief Economist with the American Bankers Association who still actively writes his blog, Credit Union Watch. The topic of the talk: bank – credit union mergers. […]

CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 80 Scott Petry Authentic8 on the Tower of Babel in Many FIs

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They just don’t talk well together. That’s the surprising conclusion in a report entitled “Surprising Disconnect Over Compliance and Secure Web Use at Financial Firms,” research sponsored by IT security company Authentic8. (Download the report here.) Inside many banks and credit unions IT, compliance, and legal just don’t talk the same language and often do not […]

CU 2.0 Podcast Shane Butcher on Remote Workers, Credit Unions, and Coronavirus Part 2

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Shane Butcher is a security guru at CUSO Ongoing Operations and lately has been busy helping numerous credit unions safely transition their employees to working from home. The good news: credit unions that approach this methodically, carefully will probably be able to mitigate risks. The bad news: credit unions that rush into this, haphazardly, with inadequate employee […]

CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 77 Shondell Varcianna on the Content You Need to Grow

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Want to grow your member base? Want to target particular kinds of members? Content is your friend, says Shondell Varcianna, a financial services veteran who nowadays focuses on providing select financial institutions with finely targeted digital content – blog posts – for distribution via the credit union website, also social media. Her driving point: content […]