America's Credit Unions

Credit unions have a renewed focus on fostering member’s financial health and, increasingly, those efforts are digital and mobile-first, says Nicole Harper, director of corporate strategy at Jack Henry.

In this episode of the podcast, sponsored by Jack Henry, Harper examines credit unions’ role in fostering financial health, financial wellness trends, available mobile-first resources, challenges to promoting financial wellness, success stories, and more.

Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is a top priority of CUNA leadership and its member credit unions.
Earlier this year, former CUNA Board Chairman Maurice Smith, president/CEO of $2 billion asset Local Government Federal Credit Union in Raleigh, N.C., proposed adding diversity and inclusion as an eighth cooperative principle.
Smith leads a Diversity and Inclusion Ad Hoc Working Group of credit union leaders tasked with taking an honest look at the credit union movement through this lens.
In this episode of the CUNA News Podcast, we talk to CUNA Board Member Teresa Freeborn, president/CEO of $891 million asset Xceed Financial Credit Union in El Segundo, Calif., and three of the credit union’s board members: Mark Cunningham, Roni Crichton, and Judy Novak. They share their views on the board’s role in fostering DEI and how DEI can strengthen the credit union movement’s competitive position and social currency.
The future of credit unions “will surely depend” on diversity, Freeborn says, using statistics to back up that assessment.
“Diversity is no longer a nice thing to do at some other time, but a business imperative.”

Community financial institutions are facing stiff competition.

How can they outdo their competitors, navigate the changing financial environment, and bring in new deposits?

America’s Credit Unions Digital Media Design Specialist Yeekeng Yang welcomed Kasasa CEO Gabe Krajicek on the podcast to answer these questions and more. They discuss challenges facing credit unions, the importance of adapting to change, how to address liquidity issues, and how Kasasa helps community financial institutions grow core deposits.

Credit union leaders Micah Grant and Carolyn Jordan discuss their career paths, Black History Month, why it’s important to recognize diversity, and how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts have changed inside and outside of the credit union industry.

DocuSign’s Andy Ambrose discusses the transformation of online digital agreements and its significance for credit unions.