Tag: Credit Unions

The Story: Canadian credit unions outperform rival financial institutions, delivering higher growth in 2022 than the sector’s year-over-year average since 2017. This strong performance is largely due to their ability...

The Story: Although the pandemic brought many small businesses to community financial institutions through the PPP program, those same banks and credit unions don’t have a proportionate amount of small...

Data from the National Federation of Independent Business finds small business owners more likely to look local when choosing a banking partner to support their growth The turbulence in regional...

Even with regional banking challenges, small business owner sentiment about current business conditions marks a significant upsurge Following the JPMorgan Chase purchase of First Republic Bank in early May, the...

The Story: Data from the National Financial Educators Council finds that nearly 7 out of 10 consumers report losing up to $499 because of low financial literacy, with 15% reporting...

New data from the National Financial Educators Council finds that big gaps in financial literacy can cost consumers big bucks. Nearly four out of ten people report that lack of...

While it’s no secret that large banks play a vital role in the strength of our economy, regional and community banks are just as indispensable, serving customers in neighborhoods, towns...

In this special episode, Sean and Gina return to conversations about the fundamentals for financial institutions acting with trust and transparency that they’ve explored on the Believe in Banking podcast....

Community based institutions provide sure and steady support in the wake of larger niche bank failures As the initial shock over recent bank failures settles, the financial services industry is...