Financial News

Gen Z Wants Instant Payments. Most Credit Unions Can’t Send Them Yet.

Gen Z wants instant payments, yet most credit unions can only receive them. What the Filene and Fed data mean for your marketing, copy and 2027 budget.

Banks Took the Used-Auto Lead From Credit Unions. Marketing Can Help Take It Back

Credit unions now trail banks in used-auto lending. Refinance offers, pre-approvals and onboarding indirect borrowers are where marketing can win share back.
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Your Marketing Team Is Already Running an AI Program. Nobody Approved It.

Bank and credit union marketers adopted AI faster than any other department, mostly on accounts IT never set up. One community bank just learned what that costs, and boards are starting to ask.

Your Money Market Customers Are Moving Money to Crypto. PayPal’s 4% Reward Is Why

The CLARITY Act stalled and PayPal pays 4% on PYUSD. What the stablecoin yield fight means for bank and credit union deposits, and what to do this month.

Credit Union Marketers Take the Spotlight at 2026 MAC Awards in Scottsdale

Record 548 entries, four MACQUEE finalists and 100+ winners: see which credit unions took home 2026 MAC Awards for marketing excellence in Scottsdale.

What Banks and Credit Unions Should Prioritize in 2027

Rates are rising and customers are spreading deposits around. Eight 2027 priorities for bank and credit union marketers, starting with broken onboarding.

Banks Are Spending More to Acquire Customers While Losing Most Digital Applicants

Banks and credit unions have spent years pouring money into digital banking, online advertising and customer acquisition. The numbers suggest they have gotten very good at getting people to the front door.

America’s Credit Unions Launches New Advertising Push in Five House Races

America’s Credit Unions is putting additional money behind five congressional candidates as the credit union industry steps up its political spending ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.