Mike Schenk

• Crash Network Gearing Up for Missouri-Oklahoma Convention

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  August 24, 2011

  The Crash Network continues to grow as young professionals gear up to crash the 2011 Missouri and Oklahoma leagues’ Convention & Exposition.

• Letter: Small Credit Unions Need to Grow Their Memberships

  By Henry Wirz  |  August 17, 2011

  Regarding “Reports of the Death of Small Credit Unions Are Greatly Exaggerated,” cutimes.com, July 21. I agree with Mike Schenk that the death of small credit unions is exaggerated. Whenever you are talking about such a large group (there are over 6,000 credit unions with under $100 million in assets),...

• Celent Report Sees Gloomy Outlook for Small Credit Unions

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 24, 2011

  The plight and protection of small U.S. credit unions came in for new scrutiny last week following a controversial think tank study by Celent, the Boston research firm, finding that CUs under $50 million are fast disappearing under the weight of tech products, competition, compliance and their own “inefficiencies.”

• Reports of the Death of Small Credit Unions are Greatly Exaggerated

  By Mike Schenk  |  July 21, 2011

  CUNA economist: Despite size, small credit unions surviving at same rate as small banks.

• CUNA Attacks Celent Small CU Study as ‘Flawed’

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 20, 2011

  Study saw demise of small CUs approaching.

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  CUNA Economists Predict Slow But Steady Improvement

  June 27, 2011

  SAN ANTONIO — The economy will improve slightly, but consumers will continue to be cautious about spending and talking on new debt, CUNA's top economists said at a session during America's Credit Union Conference.

• Onsite Coverage: CUNA Economists Predict Slow But Steady Improvement

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 21, 2011

  SAN ANTONIO — The economy will improve slightly but consumers will continue to be cautious about spending and new debt, CUNA's top economists say.

• Repeal of Tax Exemption a Death Knell?

  By Claude R. Marx  |  April 27, 2011

  A death sentence for credit unions? An impetus to change the business model? Depends on who you ask.

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  NJCUL’s Reality Check Provides a Wake-Up Call

  By Robert McGarvey  |  March 30, 2011

  Reality Check was the aptly chosen name for the New Jersey Credit Union League’s one and one-half day Atlantic City conference. Over the densely packed schedule of deep-dive presentations on topics of current interest to credit union executives, the several hundred attendees heard over and over two stark realities.

• On-Site Coverage: Credit Union Reality Check

  By Robert McGarvey  |  March 22, 2011

  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Do not expect an easy fix for the US economy, said Mike Schenk, vice president of economics at CUNA, at the “Credit Union Reality Check” conference in Atlantic City.