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Serious brains, zero snooze—The Credit Union Connection dishes hot takes on fintech, compliance, strategy, politics & member magic for credit union leaders who get it.

Seth Perlman, Global Head of Product at i2c

Serving Members Better: How Credit Unions Can Modernize Without Losing What Makes Them Unique

The Credit Union Podcast with Sarah Cooke, Michael Berman and Michael (Carp) Carpenter

The Upside of Vendor Risk: Turning Compliance into Credit Union Strategy

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Looking Beyond the Average Consumer: Three Trends Shaping Credit Union Lending

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Building Member Trust Through Reliable Connectivity

A humorous cartoon set inside a Community Credit Union conference room shows five employees gathered around a table for a meeting about planning another meeting. The enthusiastic employee in the center announces, “Once we finish planning this meeting, we’ll schedule another meeting to finalize the plan.” His coworkers look noticeably less enthusiastic—bored, exhausted, skeptical, or frustrated. One employee thinks, “Can we plan to not have this meeting?” A whiteboard behind the group displays an agenda that includes discussing the purpose of the meeting, deciding who needs to participate, picking a date, and creating an agenda. A sticky note adds the appropriately redundant message “Meeting About the Meeting.” The conference table is filled with additional office-humor details, including mugs and signs reading “Meetings: Where Productivity Goes to Die,” “More Meetings. More Progress?” and “I Survived Another Meeting That Could Have Been an Email.” An action-item notebook lists “Plan Meeting,” while a laptop has a “Meeting Planner” note attached. The cartoon pokes fun at excessive corporate meetings, bureaucracy, meeting fatigue, and the tendency to schedule meetings simply to plan more meetings, all within a lighthearted credit union workplace setting.

Cartoon Of The Week: The Meetings To Plan Meetings

CUC podcast with PayNearMe CRO Mike Kaplan

Mind the Gap: Processing Fees Are Just the Tip of the (Payment Cost) Iceberg

Vanessa Henry, VP Marketing & Strategic Communications, CU Strategic Planning

Where Sustainable Loan Growth Comes From

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Free Money Lessons for Your Kids: Veridian Teams Up With Greenlight to Make Finance Fun

Virginia Credit Union donates 5K worth of personal finance themed books to Childrens Hospital of Richmond each year for the next three years

Virginia Credit Union Drops $150K on Children’s Hospital—Plus Financial Education, Books, and Basketball Assists

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California’s Biggest School-Focused Credit Union Just Crushed It for Kids’ Healthcare (And Beat Everyone Else Doing It)

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How Quinte’s Employee Engagement Framework Just Won the HR World’s Biggest Honor

Breakwater Federal Credit Union hands-on, engaging financial education programming

Making Money Make Sense: How Breakwater FCU Is Bringing Financial Literacy to Local Classrooms

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Credit Unions Just Got a Secret Weapon for Supporting Local Business (And It’s About Time)

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Banking Regulators Want to Overhaul How They Grade Financial Institutions — And Credit Unions Are Here For It

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Colorado’s Summer Concert Scene Just Got a Lot More Expensive (And We Have Receipts)

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Family Trust Federal Credit Union Just Made Business Banking Way Less Painful

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Small Business Credit Cards Are Quietly Becoming a Big Deal (Plus Your August Economic Snapshot)

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Members First Credit Union Promotes John Pepmeier as New CFO After Stellar Interim Performance

LAFCU Grassroots Giving Program

Free Workshop Shows Small Business Owners How to Outsmart Hackers and Build Wealth

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Meritrust Credit Union Teams Up With Star QB JuJu Lewis to Score Big on Financial Literacy

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Vision Boards Meet Financial Freedom: How Chicagoans Got Creative With Their Money Goals

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Alaska Credit Unions Just Dropped $2.2 Million on Local Nonprofits (And That’s a Big Deal)

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Chemcel Federal Credit Union Taps New Leader to Steer Its Next Chapter

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Credit Union of Denver Taps Hometown Tech Veteran Bobby Matthis as New CTO

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California Students Just Scored Nearly $500K in Scholarships — And They’re Already Changing Their Communities

A cheerful community partnership photo taken outside the Ohio Expo Center & State Fair features a purple mascot standing in front of a white Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio van. The mascot holds a large sign highlighting a partnership between Telhio Credit Union and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio for “Telhio Day at the Fair 2026!” The RMHC van prominently displays the organization’s logo along with the message “Keeping families close.” The entrance to the Ohio Expo Center & State Fair is visible in the background, establishing the setting for the event. The image conveys themes of credit union community involvement, charitable partnerships, family support, corporate giving, local engagement, and community-focused events.

How a Credit Union Turned State Fair Fun Into 7,000 Donations for Families in Need

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