The soon-to-be implemented Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare, has credit unions scrambling to deal with its blizzard of requirements.

Health insurance has been regarded by most American companies as a standard employee benefit since World War II, but that is changing.

It's not getting the same attention as the wave of new regulation, but the new CUNA HR/TD Council chair said it's another wave CUs need to be concerned about: the surge of baby boomers retiring, creating an undertow of talent at the top.

Credit Union Journal asked attendees of the CUNA HR/TD Council's recent conference here what are the biggest challenges they are facing in human resources, training and development.

If a credit union is looking to have an innovative environment, it may need to consider hiring people who march to a different drummer.

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CUSOs expanding their fee-based services to increase revenues need to be cognizant of the growing risk exposure to professional and cyber liability such expansion creates, one person is warning.

Mastercard's chief product officer believes there are four trends in consumer behavior and payments that credit unions should be watching.

As the growing compliance burden "chokes off" sources of income one by one, credit unions and their CUSOs are looking to create new growth opportunities in everything from investments, to some untraditional lending activities and even collections.

With one NCUA seat open and another due to come open this summer, that leaves a whole lot of question marks for what might be coming next out of the regulator, observed Jack Antonini, president and CEO of NACUSO.

Workers' CU, Fitchburg, Mass., promoted Jennifer Ledoux to compliance officer and Pamela Spann to AVP, operations manager.

Credit unions around the country are once again reporting big gains in the first quarter, many of them benefiting from excess loan loss reserves that remain from the financial crisis that they are sending straight to their bottom lines, according to Financial Performance Reports submitted to NCUA.

Credit unions make up 25% of the Power 100, a new social media ranking feature from The Financial Brand, but are limited mostly to the bottom half of the list and continue to be outshined by the big banks.

It's no secret that consolidation in credit unions is occurring primarily among those below $50 million in assets. Those that wish to not just remain standing but growing will be best served by identifying specific markets for lending, and then pricing those loans just right.

Small CUs may not be able to compete with larger institutions that are "lending machines," but they can be smarter about how they use their information, according to one person.

It's estimated that nearly half of the U.S. Internet population will be using tablets by 2014, which means increasing pressure on credit unions to adapt and conform to the trend.

Pat Wesenberg knows that she has her work cut out for her. Not only is she CEO of Central City CU in Marshfield, Wis., but she'll spend much of the next year shuttling back and forth between this historical home of credit unions and points around the country in her new position as CUNA Board Chair.

Despite being recently elected as the new CUNA Board Chair, Pat Wesenberg isn't expecting much to change in her day-to-day life.

Pat Wesenberg is the new chairman of the CUNA board, but one thing that won't change during her year-long tenure is a national branding campaign-that is, there won't be one.

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