What Credit Unions Can Learn from Morris Plan Banks
Chip Filson contemplates the old Morris Plan Bank model, its history, its eventual downfall, and why credit unions purchasing banks might be following in its flawed footsteps.
A Critical Role for America’s Credit Union Museum
America’s Credit Union Museum may never be more important to the industry than it is now, says Chip Filson. The industry must learn from its early history, or risk losing its critical place in society.
Hamilton: The Credit Union Connection
While most associate Lin Manuel Miranda with his musicals, Chip Filson tells of his family’s history with credit unions in Puerto Rico and contemplates how our credit unions could support the island after disaster.
Edward Filene, Father of the American Credit Union System
Joanna Eckrich explores the life of Edward Filene, the Father of the American Credit Union System, on his inspiration for, and journey to bringing credit unions to America.
An Example for Today’s Credit Union Pioneers
A 95-year-old lesson on pioneering new credit unions is still applicable today. Chip Filson shares the lesson of fifteen women with $4.50, the difference that can make, and wonders who will be the pioneer of credit unions today.
Decade in Review: Ten Big Things That Happened to the Credit Union Industry in the 2010s
As we dance off into a new decade, Emily Claus takes a look behind to examine the top trends, technologies, and moments that defined the credit union industry in the 2010s.
Celebrating International Credit Union Day: A Daughter’s Tribute to Her Dad
In honor of International Credit Union Day®, Marilyn Boyd remembers her father and credit union leader, Robert J. Debri, and how he impacted not only the credit union industry, but her career as well.
A History of Credit Unions Part 5: Where We Are Today
The conclusion of our five-part history of credit unions takes us to a head-to-head confrontation with the banking industry in the 90s and the impact of the Great Recession on credit unions.
A History of Credit Unions Part 4: Rapid Growth and the NCUA
Part 4 of this credit union history series explores the formation of the National Credit Union Association in 1970, the rapid growth of credit union assets over the course of the next decade, and the changes in credit union services and policies that would lead to a confrontation with the banking industry…
A History of Credit Unions Part 3: Credit Unions Go National
Part 3 of this credit union history series explores the formation of the Federal Credit Union Act in 1934, the rapid growth of credit unions nationwide in the decades to follow and sets us up for the emergence of an independent governing agency for credit unions, which had been passed around between four different supervisory agencies!
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