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Jan 18, 20223 min read
Actions To Take TODAY For Data Success in 2022!
Is 2022 going to be THE year your credit union embraces data? I hope so. Here are 5 actions, you and your credit union can take TODAY to...
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Dec 7, 20211 min read
17 Gifts of Data
As 2021 comes to a close, here are 17 gifts that data can give your credit union; Data will improve your member's lives! Data Education...
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Nov 23, 20214 min read
How to Make the 'Credit Union Hug' 10 Times Better
Originally published 11.17.21 in the CU Times Meet Shoal, a new digital platform that will allow UK savers the power to help fund the...
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Nov 9, 20212 min read
Four Financial Trends To Watch in 2022
Amazingly enough, there are only a handful of weeks left in this year, I KNOW?! In many ways, 2021 felt fast and slow at the same time....
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Nov 5, 20212 min read
Accelerate Your Credit Union's Data Journey in 90 Days or Less
With an average of 60 to 100 data systems, credit unions are ripe with data. But the process of extracting, visualizing, and turning it...
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Oct 18, 20213 min read
What CUs can learn from Flip Flops
Technology advanced on average seven years thanks to the pandemic. While in many applications, this was a needed nudge, but it created...
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Oct 7, 20212 min read
Disruptors - Friends? Enemies? or Frenemies?
Disruptors are the companies that are upending the ways we travel, shop, bank, and even receive healthcare. We know the world is changing...
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Oct 7, 20212 min read
The Cost of Standing Still
Harnessing enterprise data and then leveraging it to improve members' lives can, well, feel overwhelming. There is the creating a data...
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Sep 22, 20212 min read
Is Your CU Ready For Data Success in 2022?
Data has been called one of the most important investments an organization can make by Forbes, McKinsey & Gartner. Yet 92% of credit...
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Sep 17, 20213 min read
Avoiding A Kodak Moment
Originally published 9.17 in the CU Times The term "Kodak Moment" means a situation or event that would be perfect for memorializing with...
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Sep 16, 20212 min read
How A CU Can Win At The BNPL Game
Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services have been popping up all over online check-out screens recently. Several players in the BNPL market...
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Sep 10, 20213 min read
Is the Credit Union Business Model Broken?
It is hard to determine which is more interesting, that this was said over 25 years ago, or that Bill Gates ultimately predicted the...
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Sep 3, 20212 min read
5 Actions FIs Can Take To Reimagine The Financial Experience
According to Simon Torrance, one of the world's leading experts on business model transformation and author of "The new growth playbook,"...
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Aug 20, 20212 min read
Filling Up Your Enterprise Data Knowledge Gaps!
As we begin to plan for next year and beyond, now is a great time to assess your credit union's readiness for data success. For many...
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Aug 12, 20213 min read
Data... it is definitely a journey, not a destination
When organizations start their data journey, usually, it is never considered a journey. It begins with a need for knowledge. Questions...
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Aug 6, 20213 min read
The ONE THING To Do Right Now!
If there was only ONE THING, just ONE ACTION you could take right now at your credit union that would have significant impact AND not...
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Jul 30, 20213 min read
What is Your Credit Union Data “Why”?
Leadership expert Simon Sinek has created an organizational leadership series titled “What is your Why?” exploring the core and...
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Jul 16, 20215 min read
Who will Challenge the Challengers?
Originally published 7.16.21 in CU Times There are a few new banks emerging post-pandemic – a subgroup of financial institutions called...
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Jun 10, 20214 min read
Challenging the Challengers
Actions credit unions can take to compete against challenger banks Perhaps you have heard of Chime, Varo, or Brightwell? What do they...
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Jun 9, 20214 min read
DeFi - A world without a Credit Union?
While it may seem unfathomable to think about a world without a credit union, it is not wholly unreasonable. When you think about the...
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