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Mortgage Monthly: Spring 2022 Housing Market Trends and Secrets to Growth...

4/29/2022

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Be sure to watch the entire episode located below the show notes.

CU Members Mortgage Executive Sales Consultant Yvette Harrod joined us for this month's Mortgage Monthly LIVE, brought to you by the fine folks at CU Members Mortgage. Yvette spoke on the topic of "Spring 2022 Housing Market Trends and Secrets to Growth," as we embark on the 2022 home buying season.

Here are some of the topics we discussed:

Are buyers continuing to jump in the home purchasing market or are the shying away because of the higher rates?
Are there any markets where home prices are still undervalued?
Will the bidding wars trend continue into this year's home buying season?
What has changed with Millennials regarding home buying behavior?
Are we living in a reimagined housing market?

Yvette covered a lot in this episode with many takeaways to help your credit union better serve members looking to buy homes this year.

Check it out and let us know your thoughts. And be sure to watch the entire episode below for all the details.

Mark your calendars for next month's Mortgage Monthly with CU Members Mortgage's Carrie Fenwick taking place May 31 at 12:00 p.m. (CST).

PSCU22: Mark Sievewright Talks Credit Union Digital Maturity Assessment Program...

4/28/2022

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Mark Sievewright, Founder/CEO of Sievewright & Associates, stopped by the Studio Lounge to share the announcement of his firm's new DigitalMAP — The Digital Maturity Assessment Program.

According to Mark, the Digital Maturity Assessment Program is designed to help credit unions understand their current digital ecosystem and how it compares to industry best practices. The assessment helps develop a credit union's digital roadmap based on achieving its strategic goals and driving innovation.

Mark talks about what sparked this idea, answering current pain points within the industry in regards to digital transformations -- as well as what how credit unions will benefit.

Check it out and let us know your thoughts.

PSCU22: PSCU and Financial Health Network Measure Financial Health of Credit Union Members...

4/28/2022

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Merry Pateuk, SVP, Industry Engagement, PSCU, and Brenton Peck, Director, Financial Services Solutions, Financial Health Network, joined us in the Studio Lounge to talk about financial health and what credit unions' role is in this critical area.

Both Merry and Brenton discuss why they took on this project to measure the financial health of credit union members and employees. They also shared some of the high-level findings from this body of work.

Merry discussed what PSCU has done to help improve the financial health of its employees and its credit union partners, as well as how credit unions have implemented financial health solutions for their employees or members.

Brenton addressed the innovations he is seeing that help improve peoples’ financial health -- and then wrapped it up with recommendations for credit unions that are early on in their financial health journey.

Check it out and let us know your thoughts.

PSCU22: PSCU's Cody Banks Talks BNPL Strategies and Eco-Friendly Cards...

4/28/2022

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PSCU Managing Vice President of Payments, Fraud and Loyalty Cody Banks joined us in the Studio Lounge to talk about the CUSO's Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) offering, as well as sustainability plastics with PSCU offering eco-friendly cards for credit unions to provide their members.

With BNPL, Cody shares tells us a little bit about that strategy and where he believes credit unions can benefit. He also addressed how credit unions are focused on financial wellness in the BNPL arena. He offered some advice on how credit unions can approach this payment model.

With sustainability plastics, Cody talked about a little bit about the excitement on this initiative and mentioned a few strategic insights into what's next for the physical plastic as we see more pushing toward digital.

Really good stuff here from Cody on two very hot topics. Check it out and let us know your thoughts.

PSCU22: TriVerity's Jack Lynch Shares Fraud Trends Credit Unions Need to Heed...

4/27/2022

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PSCU Chief Risk Officer and TriVerity President Jack Lynch stopped by the Studio Lounge to talk about current trends and happenings in the fraud space and how are they impacting credit unions.

To combat the current state of fraud, Jack shared the types of solutions or offerings is PSCU providing to help keep this threat at bay. Specifically, he discussed an update to PSCU’s proprietary solution, Linked Analysis.

Lastly, Jack addressed risk and collections -- what is happening in that space and what is PSCU doing in response.

Check it out and let us know your thoughts.

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