Commentary

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.

The only way to change the trend is to increase the relevancy at the lagging smaller credit unions (and a couple of the larger ones, too) that members apparently feel are irrelevant.

The only way to change the trend is to increase the relevancy at the lagging smaller credit unions (and a couple of the larger ones, too) that members apparently feel are irrelevant.