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Our Takeaways from the 2023 CUNA GAC

The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) recently hosted their annual Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) in Washington, D.C. Focusing on the impact that policymakers have on credit unions and their members, the GAC brings together world-class speakers from the worlds of business and politics, while also spotlighting some of the most innovative credit union solutions available today. So naturally, we sent four of our most passionate finserv specialists—Laurie Flanders, Jessie Baderschneider, Josh Apsey, and Phillip Pinero—to the 2023 CUNA GAC, which ran from February 28 to March 2, 2023. At the conference, they were able to spotlight our advanced credit union member experience management platform and swap pearls of wisdom with other industry experts. As you might expect for an event held in our nation’s capital, there were a lot of political heavyweights headlining the conference, including political strategist Karl Rove, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. However, most of the biggest industry insights came from the smaller breakout sessions lead by credit union professionals. Here are some of the key takeaways we left the 2023 CUNA GAC with: 1. Credit unions need to prepare for an uncertain future—not panic CUNA President Jim Nussle kicked off the conference in a cowboy hat and Carhart jacket, imitating the look of Kevin Costner’s cattle rancher character on the popular television series Yellowstone. Nussle donned the rancher outfit in order to pose a simple question—does the credit union industry have wolves coming down the hill? “Yes,” he warned. […]