Practice and client management

Rising interest rates are a near certainty, analysts say, but plenty of unknowns remain, including how populist movements in Europe might impact the global economic picture.

Mobile wallets can be the single location for not just cards, but a wide variety of financial and customer services that banks provide.

Sandia Laboratory FCU in Albuquerque has returned at $10 million special dividend to members as a way to thank them for their continued support of the credit union.

Transaction records reveal a lot about consumers that can go a long way toward building marketing campaigns that keeps them coming back.

The credit union has returned more than $9 million in bonus dividends and loan interest rebates to members during the last eight years.

Membership surpassed 106 million, even as larger credit unions continue to see the lion’s share of the industry’s growth.

The credit union credited its commitment to community with fueling the recent growth.

Kevin S. Kim thought he was joining a bank board to bring youth to an aging slate of directors. Eight years, four acquisitions and a banking crisis later, he is now the chief executive of the nation's largest Korean-American bank.

The unemployment rate hit levels not seen since August 2007, but one quarter of the unemployed population is “long-term unemployed.” Still, the jobs news almost guarantees that the Fed will raise rates when it meets next.

Hawaiian Tel FCU absorbed tiny Board of Water Supply FCU, which posted a loss of more than $80,000 last year and lost $46,000 during the first three quarters of 2016.

Gen Z is coming fast on the heels of millennials. For e-commerce, payments and financial services, they have an even shorter attention span.

The combined institution will now serve more than 16,000 members with $142 million in assets.

The management team for the popular Las Vegas production offered insights into the importance of human capital.

The $7.7 billion-asset San Diego County CU has launched its own mobile wallet offering as part of a partnership with CU Wallet.

CHROME Federal Credit Union in Washington, Pa., has selected SmartCore by NYMBUS as its new core banking platform to help reach a financial milestone.

Credit Union of Texas in Dallas has selected three new systems to more efficiently extract, integrate and harness data.

Consulting Services division intended to help other CU achieve their strategic goals.

The credit union is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year, and has returned more than $66 million to members as bonus dividends over the past 12 years.

The partnership with Associated Industries is part of BECU's expansion efforts into Spokane and eastern Washington.

Pending regulatory and member approval, the resulting institution would serve more than 65,000 members across the state.