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Capitalizing on Currency in your Community
Money is morphing and financial literacy now requires an increased understanding of the revolutionary, rapidly evolving terms and...

Jess Fongemie
Mar 24, 20225 min read


Metaverse—You’ve heard the word lately. What does it mean?
Is it just another tech buzzword? Marketing jargon? A new dimension of reality? Is metaverse relevant to community FIs? “The money...

Jess Fongemie
Jan 6, 20224 min read


Old Practice versus Next Practice
Relationship Building in the Digital Age As you’ve tuned into your favorite TV show, streaming service, or sports game recently, have you...

Jess Fongemie
Dec 14, 20214 min read


The Cryptocurrency Moment and Your Community FI
Is your community financial institution in the dollar business, or the money business? We’re curious, do you have a feverish case of...
dalandcuso
Nov 17, 20215 min read


Relevance Gets a Lift. How DaLand CUSO tackles complexity & community connection
As you look forward to strategic initiatives and operational changes for your organization in 2022, does it feel like you are coming off...

Jess Fongemie
Oct 27, 20213 min read


Modern Strategy Planning & the Relevance Equation
Thanks to companies like Amazon and Venmo, delightful, frictionless consumer experiences are well-known and well-loved. These Big-Tech...

Jess Fongemie
Sep 21, 20214 min read


Wabi-Sabi And Why Partnership Is More Critical Than Product
Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously said, “One cannot step in the same river twice.” One might say the same about the financial...
Joel Morehouse
Mar 21, 20212 min read


A Relevant Strategy to Change the Rules of the Game
In 1988, Nike changed the rules of the game. They took a leap, pivoting from a product strategy based on athletic shoes and apparel—a...
E.R.B.
Mar 9, 20212 min read


The Evolution of Money - Keeping Walmart and the Megaliths at Bay
This week, the Financial Times quietly highlighted an event that may resonate in your market for years to come. Two Goldman Sachs execs...
Tommy Hawkins
Mar 3, 20212 min read


Relevance! What is it?
Few planning sessions, conferences or even executive conversations end without explicitly referencing “relevance.” It is official....
E.R.B.
Feb 18, 20211 min read


POOF! Financial Institutions Just Lost (another) Couple Billion in Loans and Deposits!!
And the Trend is Just Getting Started ... Tesla announced today it has recently filed with the SEC to purchase $1.5B (that's right...
Jon Ungerland - CIO, DaLand
Feb 8, 20218 min read


Crypto Wallets, Savings Bonds, and the Community FI Desert In-Between ...
A recent breakfast conversation with my 8-year-old son made me wonder if he’ll ever have an account at any financial institution.
Jon Ungerland - CIO, DaLand
Sep 21, 20205 min read


Your Community FI and the Digital Currency (Community) Renaissance
"Ours is a moment where twin disasters have converged: Aging economic policies have been compounded by a public health calamity". Matthew...
dalandcuso
Aug 11, 20201 min read


COVID: Digital Currency Going Mainstream?
We've been talking about the fact that Money is Morphing for years. We've known that the fringe movement of cryptocurrency would become...
dalandcuso
Jul 24, 20201 min read


Strategy, Trash Talking, and the Pursuit of Excellence
In his recent article, Reopening America, Jon Ungerland explores the conflation of the strategic and the operational. “If your financial...
dalandcuso
Jun 29, 20202 min read


House Cleaning and Waymarkers to the 'New Normal'
In extraordinary circumstances it’s tempting to look for extraordinary factors to account for changes. Occam’s razor calls us back to...
dalandcuso
May 6, 20203 min read


COVID: How Many Small Businesses Could $10 Billion Save?
If you’ve read some of our other postings, one of DaLand’s top concerns is ensuring that credit unions occupy a place of relevance that...
dalandcuso
Apr 22, 20202 min read


COVID: Working Past the Pandemic, Remotely
Working remotely during this COVID-19 event has much of the world reflecting on priorities and work-life balance. Some businesses have...
dalandcuso
Apr 15, 20203 min read


Feast and Famine: The Historical Mission of the CU and Imperative of Relevance
There’s no doubt that the economy has served up a feast of growth, development, and productivity in recent years. At the tail end of 2019...
dalandcuso
Apr 3, 20204 min read


The Manufactured Recession
I read a disquieting article today posted in The Hill called Welcome to the Fake Recession, which assumes that life will "go back to...
dalandcuso
Apr 2, 20202 min read
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