THE 'tude

Seemingly out of nowhere, some things take the world by storm and leave us wondering how “salty” became an adjective for people and “tea” a synonym for “gossip.” If real-time payments are having the same effect, you’ve come to the right place.

For the last 24 months and for at least the next 14, the most talked about subject, has been and will be, the economy. 

Just in time for Halloween, over a five-day period in Las Vegas (where it’s always a certain scary holiday), two different groups of consumers more than appeared before different credit union audiences as much more than apparitions—they made quite mortal appearances and handed out both tricks and treats, revealing a Milky Way of financial decision-making,  some M&Ms (money mysteries), Mounds of reasons they do business with banks and competitors, and more than one observation that brought some Snickers.