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Technology

  1. What’s a ‘Finovate’?

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    For open-collared shirts and sunglasses, it’s hard to beat San Francisco. And this week at Finovate both, along with an eclectic mix of what’s next in electronic finance, were on full display. Finovate is a conference for financial technology companies to get their latest innovations in front of customers, VC funders, the press, and gadflies like us. I won’t do a full review of each product or presentation; some had very little to do with credit unions. But here are a handful that fall under these credit union categories: Promising, Helpful, Interesting, and Dangerous.

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    categories » Innovation, Risk Management, Technology

  2. Required Reading

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    I just read a scary article which should be required reading for all credit union staff, board and regulators. It describes a future which is great for consumers, but destroys 30% of credit union fee income during the process.

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    categories » Filene News, Technology

  3. Why credit unions should pay attention to the newspaper business

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    Every journalist with a pulse knows that the Seattle Post Intelligencer, Seattle’s second largest newspaper, printed its last paper edition today. Traditional reporters are horrified. Newcomers are resigned. A handful are actually excited to see what’s next.

    But the Seattle PI’s move, which will be followed next month by the Christian Science Monitor, and which follows last months complete shuttering of the Rocky Mountain News should be a cymbal sounding in every credit union’s ear.

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    categories » CU Tomorrow, Marketing, Consumer Behavior and Market Research, Technology