Marian Raab

It's not easy making an annual report interesting as well as digestible to members, but First Tech Federal Credit Union may have found a way.

In an effort to find a faster, easier and more secure way to authenticate members in branches, Gesa Credit Union installed some new technology in its three busiest ones late last year.

A new take on project management has led to a 40% reduction in meeting hours and labor costs associated with major projects.

Sun Community FCU created a cost-savings plan in-house, using a portion of the savings to fund bonuses for team members who generated the ideas behind the expense reduction measures taken.

Vibrant CU synchronized its conversion to a new core processing solution with a rebranding effort to shore up a CU that had been losing members, loans and deposits.

Eliminating one-off spreadsheets has helped Westerra CU greatly improve its financial reporting, reducing the time to produce the reports and generating more in-depth analysis.