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September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Founder Spotlight, Innovator Spotlight

TruStage Plans Grants For Members Hurt By Cyberattack As CEO Says Company 'Fell Down'
September 11, 2026
— TruStage is developing a fund that would provide grants—not loans—to credit union members who suffered financial hardship because of its cyberattack ...
TruStage Plans Grants For Members Hurt By Cyberattack As CEO Says Company 'Fell Down'
September 11, 2026
MADISON, Wis.— TruStage is developing a fund that would provide grants—not loans—to credit union members who suffered financial hardship because ...
NCUA Files Opposition to Former Credit Union CEO's Supreme Court Petition
September 11, 2026
The NCUA asked the U.S. Supreme Court to deny former Texas credit union CEO Jeffrey Moats's petition seeking review of a federal appeals court ...
UW Credit Union Pioneer Phillip Hellmuth Sr. Dies After 50-Plus Years of Service
September 11, 2026
UW Credit Union President/CEO Paul Kundert said Hellmuth's leadership helped shape the Madison, Wis.-based financial cooperative and its service to ...
Members 1st CEO Mike Wilson Joins National Credit Union Foundation Board - CU Today
September 11, 2026
MADISON, Wis.—Michael “Mike" Wilson, president and CEO of Members 1st Federal Credit Union, has joined the National Credit Union Foundation's ...

Lending in a Zero-Growth World: Competing for Volume in Shrinking Markets

Why the next era of lending won’t be about chasing growth—it’ll be about earning it smarter. For the first time ...

Why the future of credit unions will be built on connections, not capital. For most of their history, credit unions ...

At first glance, it looks like a win: another quarter of positive membership growth. More accounts, more users, more reach. ...

Walk into most credit union boardrooms today, and you’ll hear the same refrain: “We need higher net worth. Regulators want ...

Why “owning the checking account” no longer means owning the member. For decades, credit unions organized their strategy around a ...

Why talent strategy is becoming as critical as balance sheet strategy in the next decade. Talent used to be an ...

Why the industry’s cornerstone product is losing its grip—and what might take its place. For decades, the checking account has ...

Reexamining the cooperative promise in an era when every institution claims to put customers first. “People over profits” has been ...

Why defending member trust is getting more expensive—and harder to balance with cooperative economics. Cybersecurity is no longer just a ...

Why the next era of consolidation might be about collaboration, not absorption. For years, consolidation has been the default response ...

Why aging membership could become the most disruptive force in credit union strategy. Credit unions were built on intergenerational trust, ...

Why branches won’t disappear, but must reinvent themselves as advisory and community hubs. The Thesis Branches are not dead—but their ...