Dr. Jerri Bland talks about the chapter that credit unions have failed to write: the story of what happens not just post a core conversion, but once the follow ups and communication dwindle to nothing, and how CUSOs can correct this.
In her new series, Following Filene, Emily Claus takes readers on a journey through Edward Filene’s path to becoming the “Father of U.S. Credit Unions,” starting with his time working as a businessman in Boston managing his family’s department store.
In a letter sent to NCUA Board Chair Kyle Hauptman at the end of June, Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned the agency’s deregulation project, shared concerns over the rolled back policies, and requested a briefing with Hauptman no later than July 16th, Emily Claus reports.
Preserving history, especially historical documents, is a critical undertaking, but the credit union industry, however, as Chip Filson has discovered, failed to do so during a critical time in the industry. Filson lements on the lessons lost and why the past is needed to help guide the present.
In honor of Credit Union History Month, author Lee Silber shares the story of Louise McCarren Herring, the mother of credit unions and an industry pioneer whose work led to the creation of over 500 credit unions and the founding of CUNA.
