News & Insights
For its 9th year, Catalyst has signed on as a Champion for Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM) 2024. Celebrated every October, CAM promotes cybersecurity awareness and best practices.
Recently, Catalyst hosted an interactive webcast titled “FedNow® Service Essentials: Use Cases and Industry Adoption,” with subject matter experts from credit union service organization (CUSO) Origence®. Catalyst’s Justin Lutes moderated the discussion where panelists detailed current use cases of the FedNow Service, with a key emphasis on indirect lending within the auto landscape, specifically with new electric vehicle sales.
Catalyst’s Strategic Summit opening speaker offers a fresh perspective on innovation and growth that are particularly relevant for credit unions. According to Havens, credit unions stand at a crucial juncture, where maintaining a balance between traditional values and embracing change is key to future success.
The monthly Market Overview & Data Report is a comprehensive summary of September’s key economic and market metrics that are fundamental to credit union financial management. The report not only summarizes key economic and market data, but also explains how these metrics are relevant to credit unions. It further includes industry peer performance data and assessment, relative value evaluation, and an upcoming economic calendar. It is also an excellent report to include in credit union board and ALCO packets.
Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) often offer higher yields compared to other investment types, making them an attractive investment for credit unions seeking to enhance their income. The higher yields from MBS can help credit unions meet their income requirements and improve their financial performance. However, the benefits of MBS come with associated risks that must be carefully managed.
In keeping with our current blog series, we will discuss use cases and information to help you further develop your credit union’s faster payments strategy. By the end of this blog, you should also have a deeper understanding of market activity and trends.
Welcome to our new blog series on the FedNow® Service. We want to use this blog to inform, prepare and enhance your knowledge of instant payment basics and other topics, such as: new features and functionality, credit union use cases, member education, fraud mitigation and more.
During the 2024 Financial Managers Society (FMS) Forum, Catalyst’s Area Sales Manager Kevin Schlangen was sworn in as a Director, joining a slate of esteemed professionals representing banks, credit unions and industry partners.
Catalyst is expanding its longstanding Economic & Payments Forum to include a broader range of topics and insights. The Strategic Summit, to be held October 7-9, is also moving to a new destination – the beautiful La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio, TX.
Earlier this year Catalyst announced it was expanding the content of its longstanding Economic & Payments Forum to include a broader range of topics and insights. The Strategic Summit, to be held October 7-9, is also breaking with tradition by moving to a new destination – the beautiful La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio, TX.