You’ve Rebranded, Now What?
After years of prefecting her credit union’s culture following a rebrand, Explorer’s Credit Union CEO April Tompkins shares what strategies brought the most success and which were lessons learned.
Project Management: Building the Tree Swing
Coordinating projects often involves communication between several parties, all with different ideas in mind, and can lead to chaos. Project management expert Paige Kern shares how you can keep your next project from falling into the five common pitfalls.
Credit Unions Keeping Watchful Eye on Credit Card Rate Cap
Credit union advocacy groups have begun pushing back against the President’s recent claim that he will cap credit card interest rates at 10% for one year. Should an official order be issued, the cap would go into effect on the 20th, Emily Claus reports.
Two Contradictory Approaches to Credit Union Growth Capabilities
Chip Filson lays out two paths for credit union growth: forced growth through mergers that often leads to a loss of local ties and has a cap on how far it can go, or organic growth, which maintains its local roots and has no limit.
The Collaborative Component: Interview with NACUSO CEO Randy Salser
CUSO Magazine sits down with NACUSO’s new CEO Randy Salser to discuss his path to the organization, NACUSO’s priorities in 2026, and what credit unions and CUSOs alike can expect at its Reimagine Conference this year.
The #1 Reason Strategic Plans Fail (and How to Prevent It)
A strategic plan fails when the plan never gets off the shelf. Marketing expert Bo McDonald shares how credit unions can make the most of their strategic plan and take it from concept to reality.
America’s Credit Unions Calls Housing Picture for 2026 “Not Good”
In America’s Credit Unions’ most recent “Economic Update”, Chief Economist Curt Long states the housing market is in recession, diving into the data, and prognosticating on the market in 2026. CUSO Magazine’s Esteban Camargo reports.
Balancing the Old With the New in 2026
As we head into 2026, Chip Filson shares the wisdom from Jeff Farver, a longtime credit union CEO famous for his ability to bring struggling credit unions back up to par, and the lessons he learned along the way that we can carry with us into the new year.
Top 10 CUSO Magazine Articles of 2025
As we move into 2026, the CUSO Magazine team took a moment to reflect on 2025 by sharing the most widely read articles of the year.
NCUA Puts Fourth Four Deregulatory Proposals
As part of the agency’s effort to decrease regulation, the NCUA has announced four additional rule and regulation changes, with the period for comments starting today, Emily Claus reports.
