The Digital Transformation Revolution – Is It Leaving Credit Unions Behind? Part 3

Surprisingly, 83% of credit unions indicate that they are offering digital consumer lending and 55% respond that are offering digital mortgages. Automated loan decisioning has the biggest impact on both the balance sheet and the consumer, but only one-third of credit unions are using data and machine learning to automate their lending.
A CEO and Consultant’s Perspective On Voice, AI and Digital Transformation Part 1

Retail banking’s digital revolution is changing everything credit unions do for their members.
If credit unions react as they have in the past, by being first to market with online ATMs, online banking, and other technology, they will build on their long-term service and price advantages. If they don’t, banks, BigTech and FinTechs will build on recent wins and the credit union industry will go the way of savings banks.
CU-2’s Credit Union Data Analytics Provider Guide 2019

Credit Unions are at a unique crossroads. We are behind on a handful of key trends. We must balance our technological needs with our focus on service, growth, and profit. At the same time, we have outside factors impacting us including fintechs, compliance, IT security, and ever-changing regulations.
A Quick Guide to Credit Union Member Acquisition Costs

Best Innovation Group, Inc, an innovation catalyst and strategic consulting partner focused on strengthening and growing credit unions recently released the results of its semi-annual Data Analytics Survey.
The Digital Transformation Revolution – Is It Leaving Credit Unions Behind? Part 1

One hundred percent of the retail world is going digital! While we may have slightly exaggerated that statistic, it is worth noting that only 50% of credit unions have a written and documented digital strategy. Compare this to the Financial Brand findings that 79% of banks are executing on a digital strategy and that 76% of millennials prefer mobile services over other channels. You can see why only half of the credit uni
Killer FinTech on Display at AXFI

One of the most popular sessions of the AXFI conference- the annual data analytics forum that wrapped up last week in Minneapolis- is the Killer FinTech Speed Rounds. In a single action-packed hour, six standout fintech companies with solutions designed to empower credit unions’ analytics journeys present their models to a packed room of financial leaders
Innovation Without Adoption Is Just Play

Innovation is one of those somewhat nebulous words that many of us use to describe what we do. Over the years, I’ve been involved in some very innovative creations that never actually went anywhere. It’s not because they weren’t really cool or didn’t have a sustainable business model.
What Credit Union Marketing Automation Is, and Why It Matters

Believe me, we get it: marketing efforts can lead to headaches. Nobody likes getting cold calls, most people mute (or skip) commercials, and I still get nightmares about pop-up ads. However, credit union marketing automation is far more sophisticated—and less intrusive—than those marketing strategies.
Advice from a retired CU CEO turned Tech Consultant: #SpeedUp!

Make no mistake a digital revolution is upon us and credit unions need to react and change in order to serve their members.
2019 Credit Union Technology Trends to Watch

Wow. What a year! The credit union and FinTech worlds are frothy and lots of change is underway. This year, some of the walls came down and credit unions saw more of the real world. Digital Credit Union has an incubator fostering FinTech Startups and the Boston FinTech Community. NACUSO’s Next Big Idea Competition brought in new concepts and innovative ideas to solve age-old credit union problems.