Studying Gen Z banking – from my living room

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With 2 Gen Zs in my house, I’m really taking the opportunity to study who this generation is first-hand. My oldest recently got his first checking account. He doesn’t need to write checks but he needs a debit card. In fact, he’ll probably never write a check in his life.

Data Analytics: Now’s The Time To Up Your Investment

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For most credit unions, the concept of using data analytics to better meet members’ needs is not an unwelcome innovation. With a reputation for hands-on service, it should be no surprise that the majority of credit unions have strategically committed to using digital services and data analytics to:

Family And The Bulletin Board

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When I first started credit unions, branches were the thing. Home banking hardly even existed at that time and involved things like sending disks to members so that they could dial in to your organization like it was AOL.

Artificial Intelligence, Banking, And The Customer

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Now there are people who would argue that blockchain technology or the distributive ledger is the most important new technology, and I certainly think that both of those are transformative. But when it comes to finding a really good fit between the customer and the banking industry, there is no more transformative technology than artificial intelligence.

A Credit Union’s Biggest Cultural Challenge: Its Smart Use Of Data

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Many credit unions are successfully building the fundamental skills and infrastructure they need to utilize data more effectively. They’re aggressively investing in analytic tools, staff skills, and warehouses, but less so in the newer tools of decisioning, fraud, and predictive machine learning and AI technologies.

2018 AXFI Conference: Big Ideas, Big Data, And Big Fun

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There’s a reason that in just five short years the AXFI Conference has grown from less than 50 attendees to more than 250: it delivers insights that offer real value to all levels of credit union management, C-Level, VPs, managers, and tech staff.