The CAMELS in the Room

The CAMELS in the Room

Starting April 2022, NCUA introduced a new letter to the CAMEL rating system: “S” for Sensitivity to Market Risk. Esteban Camargo gives a brief history of CAMELS and what each letter stands for in this financial literacy month series.

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Important Ratios to Understand Your Credit Union’s Performance

Important Ratios to Understand Your Credit Union’s Performance

As we continue our series on financial literacy basics for credit unions, Esteban Camargo gives some commonly used ratios and benchmarks some attention, explaining what they are, how they are, how they’re calculated, and what they’re used for.

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How to Read Your Financial Statements

How to Read Your Financial Statements

Esteban Camargo continues his series on financial literacy with an introduction to financial statements. You don’t need to be a CPA to understand them–anybody can benefit from being able to comprehend their organization’s financial status via their balance sheet and income statement!

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Now You Know Your ALMs

Now You Know Your ALMs

It’s Financial Literacy Month and Esteban Camargo is here to teach you how to sing your ALMs. Part one is a veritable alphabet soup of credit union acronyms and terms that might be confusing.

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