It's Time to Remind Credit Union Members of What They Are: Owners

As CUs scale up, they are losing sight of their originally-intended mission, culture, member governance and member control of credit sources.

By Henry Wirz | May 22, 2020 at 09:00 AM

As credit unions continue to scale up, I am worried they will stray from what their founders intended for them in terms of mission, culture, member governance and member control of credit sources.

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