Commentary

Overregulation is not just choking credit unions, it is choking our economy.

Its no secret that Gen Y is plugged in 24/7. We use the Internet for everything from shopping to job searching to apartment hunting. Even dating and making new friends is commonly initiated via cyberspace. While we cant imagine a life without our laptops, tablets and smartphones, its also a...

It was the year 1909 when Pierre Jay, the first banking commissioner of Massachusetts, was successful in getting the first credit union act passed in the commonwealth. Many other states followed suit, and then in 1934, the Federal Credit Union Act was enacted, establishing a federal charter and a choice...

There is certainly no shortage of experts willing to prognosticate on the future of the retail bank branch.For well over a decade, the futurists have generally aligned themselves around one of two sides of the debate. Those predicting the end of the branch as we know it, and those predicting...

Smaller regional financial institutions are facing some big challenges when it comes to fraud on a number of fronts.

Smaller regional financial institutions are facing some big challenges when it comes to fraud on a number of fronts.