Credit Union 2.0 Podcast 32: Mike Edwards WOCCU on International Trends
Welcome to episode 32 of the CU 2.0 Podcast. Quick now, what country has the highest participation in credit unions? Say the US and you are wrong. According to Mike Edwards, senior vice president for advocacy at the World Council of Credit Unions, it’s Ireland, north, and south, where 70% belong. In this podcast, he […]
Credit Union 2.0 Podcast 31: Mike Reuter Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions
Welcome to episode 31 of the CU 2.0 Podcast. From Ukraine to Ireland and Dominica, this podcast travels the globe with Mike Reuter, executive director of the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions, as he shares stories of the challenges faced by credit unions and also the generous willingness of other credit unions executives to help. […]
Credit Union 2.0 Podcast 30: Brett King on Banking Tomorrow
Welcome to episode 30 of the CU 2.0 Podcast. You don’t want to listen to this podcast. But you need to. What banking futurist Brett King paints is a dystopian picture of financial services tomorrow where, increasingly, consumers want frictionless money transactions, they don’t give a hoot about banks vs. non-banks, and they have no […]
CU 2.0 Podcast 29: Teresa Freeborn on Open Your Eyes to a Credit Union
Welcome to episode 29 of the Credit Union 2.0 Podcast. $100 million. That’s the projected three-year budget for the CUNA “Open Your Eyes to a Credit Union” campaign. Teresa Freeborn, CEO of Xceed Financial Credit Union, chairs the CUNA effort which she – make no mistake – sees as crucial in the long-term survival and prosperity of credit […]
CU 2.0 Podcast 28: Patrick Conway PCUA on Lobbying and Much More
Welcome to episode 28 of the CU 2.0 Podcast. Consider this podcast a crash course on credit union lobbying, 2019 style. Our instructor: Patrick Conway, CEO of the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association, a very large league with upwards of 370 members. PCUA lobbies both in Harrisburg, the state capital and in Washington, DC. A lot […]
CU 2.0 Podcast 27: Hakan Nordfjell Gemalto on New Account Fraud
Welcome to episode 27 of the CU 2.0 Podcast. You want to make new account opening easy and fraudsters want to exploit that loophole to rob your credit union. That is the gist of today’s podcast with Hakan Nordfjell, head of digital banking at Gemalto. He tells about fraudster tricks and also the way financial […]
CU 2.0 Podcast 26: Carl Memnon, COO Grain Technology on an End to Overdraft Fees
Welcome to episode 26 of the CU 2.0 Podcast. Just say no more to overdraft fees. And make this decision good for your members and also good for your credit union. You may even grab a few customers away from Chase and the other money center banks. That’s the promise of fintech startup Grain Technology. In this […]
CU 2.0 Podcast 25: Joe Bergeron on Vermont Credit Unions
It’s the Credit Union podcast! CU 2.0 is excited to bring you the twenty-fifth 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. Say congratulations to Joe Bergeron – he’s in his 40th year of service to Vermont credit unions and […]
CU 2.0 Podcast 24: John Pembroke, CUES on the Talent War
It’s the Credit Union podcast! CU 2.0 is excited to bring you the twenty-fourth 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. It’s a war for talent. That’s the flat out statement of John Pembroke, CEO of CUES, the organization […]
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 […]