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Credit Union Governance Landscape

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Introducing the Center for The Next Generation of Member Growth and a Preview of Our Next Research Center

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Report #628 | Oct 17, 2024 | Members

Board Governance Culture Strategy and Planning

Lessons on Governance from Credit Union CEOs

Amy Hillman

*10 Minute Read: 13 credit union CEOs share valuable lessons learned from experiences with their boards.

Report #623 | Sep 19, 2024 | Members

Board Governance

Credit Union Governance Landscape

Amy Hillman

Bringing nearly three decades of both academic research and practical experience as a board member, Dr. Hillman has contextualized survey results with governance best practices for credit union leaders to consider as they continue to shape their board to be a strategic asset.

Blog | Oct 2, 2024

Q4 Quarterly Action Plan

Dive into upcoming research, join conversations on the hottest topics facing credit unions today and learn more about connecting with industry leaders at Filene events. Click to view our full plan below to see what's coming from Filene throughout Q4!

Report #607 | Apr 18, 2024 | Members

Accelerating Analytics: Creating and Fostering Academic-Credit Union Partnerships

Cheri Speier-Pero

The Center for Data Analytics has developed a series of reports focused on analytics readiness and, specifically, the levers a credit union must manage to accelerate value creation from its investments in analytics. This report focuses on the sixth and final readiness lever, which is related to partner/internal benefit creation.

Blog | Mar 25, 2024

Exciting Partnership with Vertice AI Enhances Member Voice Segmentation Solution

The Member Voice solution comes at a critical time for the credit union industry. With credit unions lagging banks in consumer satisfaction for the fifth consecutive year, the need for a nuanced understanding of member expectations and preferences has never been more pressing.

Report #628 | Oct 17, 2024 | Members

Board Governance Culture Strategy and Planning

Lessons on Governance from Credit Union CEOs

Amy Hillman

*10 Minute Read: 13 credit union CEOs share valuable lessons learned from experiences with their boards.

Report #623 | Sep 19, 2024 | Members

Board Governance

Credit Union Governance Landscape

Amy Hillman

Blog | Oct 2, 2024

Q4 Quarterly Action Plan

Report #607 | Apr 18, 2024 | Members

Accelerating Analytics: Creating and Fostering Academic-Credit Union Partnerships

Cheri Speier-Pero

Blog | Mar 25, 2024

Exciting Partnership with Vertice AI Enhances Member Voice Segmentation Solution

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Report #629 | Oct 31, 2024

Innovation

Filene Custom Incubator: Conductiv

Megan Freshour

The Filene Research Institute launched a Custom Incubator to identify and test emerging solutions that empower credit unions to innovate, grow and better serve their members. In this iteration, Filene partnered with Conductiv to test its platform, designed to enhance loan approval rates through the use of permissioned data without increasing risk.

Report #628 | Oct 17, 2024 | Members

Board Governance Culture Strategy and Planning

Lessons on Governance from Credit Union CEOs

Amy Hillman

*10 Minute Read: 13 credit union CEOs share valuable lessons learned from experiences with their boards.

Report #627 | Oct 8, 2024

How Credit Unions can Respond to Disasters and Build Community Resilience

Mai Nguyen
Ashley Tindall

As a trusted part of the community, credit unions can make a big difference in helping to build resiliency for their members. The case studies highlighted here give examples of how credit unions are currently responding to the unique needs of their communities through education, new low-cost products and services, and fundraising, among other things.

Report #625 | Oct 8, 2024

Strategy and Planning Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Culture

Bringing Together HBCUs and Community Financial Institutions

In 2023, Visa and the Filene Research Institute convened a group of leaders from community financial institutions and the ecosystem of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to identify opportunities for collaboration and impact for their shared communities.

Report #624 | Oct 1, 2024

Culture Strategy and Planning

Closing the Implementation Gap: A Strategy Execution Playbook for Credit Unions

Filene, in partnership with Velera, created the following playbook with tactical guidance for credit unions looking to advance their strategy implementation capabilities. In this playbook, we identify six potential barriers to strategy implementation that, when tackled effectively, can become bridges to business transformation.

Report #620 | Sep 26, 2024 | Members

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

An Active Learning Approach to Diversity Training

Quinetta Roberson

Learn about how you can take an active learning approach to diversity training, addressing common barriers, providing contextual considerations, and, ultimately, promoting a more inclusive workplace.

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Blog | Oct 31, 2024
Innovation Artificial Intelligence

Thinking Forward: The Top 5 Biggest Frights Facing Credit Union Leaders
As the air turns crisp, pumpkins light our porches, and eerie costumes fill the streets, it's hard not to embrace the spooky spirit of Halloween! But for credit union leaders, the real frights aren’t found in haunted houses or ghost stories—they lurk within boardrooms, data centers, and the ever-changing financial landscape. Here are the top five challenges that keep credit union executives up at night—and they’re scarier than any Halloween horror.
Blog | Oct 30, 2024
Non-Interest Income Benchmarking and Key Performance Indicators

Webinar: The Impact of Losing Overdraft Protection and How Credit Unions Can Move Forward
- Jessica Gamache
- Taylor C. Nelms
Review webinar materials from The Impact of Losing Overdraft Protection and How Credit Unions Can Move Forward hosted October 29th, 2024.
Blog | Oct 18, 2024
Innovation

Webinar: the lab* at Filene, Year 3 Tests Revealed
- McKaye Black
This exciting session features highlights from the lab* at Filene's 3rd Annual Symposium and reveals the six selected credit union solutions that will be tested throughout 2025.
Blog | Oct 4, 2024
Financial Well-being

Webinar: Innovations in Financial Education
- Jessica Gamache
- Jenny Armistead
Review webinar materials from Innovations in Financial Education hosted October 3rd, 2024.

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Webinar | Nov 7, 2024

Unlocking the Future: Engaging Gen Z for Credit Union Growth

Kimberly Lear

This session will explore the critical role Gen Z will play in the future of credit unions and address their aspirations, wants, needs and type of financial advice they find most helpful.

Research Event | Nov 19, 2024

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San Diego, CA

And Annual Member Meeting! Filene's biggest annual member event is bringing together the most innovative credit unions with the brightest minds in the industry on November 19–21, 2024. Registration is now LIVE!

Research Event | Nov 19, 2024

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San Diego, CA

This is where the brightest minds converge to spark change, inspire action, and lead with forward-thinking mindsets. Filene is opening the event to 25 emerging professionals so that they can be inspired to make change and have a network of bright minds to help them along the way.

Webinar | Dec 10, 2024

Your Roadmap to Excellence: Understanding Membership Options at Filene

Joel Hartzler

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Event | Mar 1, 2025

Crash the GAC 2025

Washington D.C.

Applications to Crash the GAC 2025 is now live and will be accepted through December 1, 2024.

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