Shared Accounts With CU Times: Dissecting Member Spending Data
Hear from Jim DuPlessis, data-cruncher-in-chief at CU Times, on CU member credit, debit and even political donation trends.
This August on “Shared Accounts With CU Times”, we’re diving into the world of payments! In our first episode of the month, hosts Michael Ogden and Natasha Chilingerian are joined by CU Times reporter (and our resident data analyst) Jim DuPlessis. First, he explains the backstory behind a recent unique piece of his, which detailed how credit union members are leaning politically, according to political donation spend data from June. Then, he provides background on the Velera Payments Index – a monthly report on credit union member spending trends produced by Velera (formerly PSCU/Co-op Solutions), which is also this month’s podcast sponsor – and discusses how it factors into his reporting.
DuPlessis also offers insights into credit unions’ share of credit card and consumer loan balances in comparison to banks, shares his thoughts on how inflation has impacted member spending, and gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how he puts his data-driven stories together. Plus, you’ll get the chance to get to know DuPlessis better outside the scope of his CU Times work, as he shares stories from his time as a newspaper reporter in Greenville, S.C., as well as what downtime looks like for him with his extended family both in his home base of Columbia, S.C., and sometimes-home of New Orleans.