ACUMA ONpoint

Mortgage lending is all about helping members build net worth through home ownership. But the most difficult lessons come from creating your net worth, not only financially, but from both a personal and professional perspective. The work is more challenging than you may think. Dale Syta, Managing Director of Bellco Home Loans, has found the key to that success with The Loan Officer Playbook , an o...

As a credit union mortgage lender, you strive to be a more effective leader for your team and the institution it serves. What makes you get out of bed in the morning to tackle the challenging problems and vault the growing hurdles to mortgage lending success? What enables you to inspire your team to follow into the fray while better serving your members? Join ACUMA President Peter Benjamin and our...

The ACUMA team is onsite at our FOCALpoint Workshop in Louisville, KY. Peter Benjamin, President of ACUMA was joined by Carolyn Morganbesser, Assistant Vice President Mortgage Originations at Affinity Federal Credit Union, and Bernie Chavira, AVP of Mortgage Lending Originations at Define Mortgage Solutions for this special edition episode of the ACUMA OnPoint Podcast. Coming together and connecti...

No one accidentally succeeds. No matter how big the challenge is, believing in yourself, your capabilities, and the value of your efforts is critical to achieving success. At the heart of all this lies a single word – optimism. Ali Nassirian, Vice President of Home Loans at Golden 1 Credit Union, understands the value of optimism. In this podcast, he and ACUMA President Peter Benjamin, CMB, share...

Are you an active advocate for credit unions? As an active advocate, you can: Better influence lawmakers with a real-world view of the lending process. Better explain to your members what the rules mean. Better explain how they as borrowers benefit from the new rules. Elizabeth Sullivan, CUNA’s Senior Director of Advocacy & Counsel, joins ACUMA President Peter Benjamin, CMB, in this podcast’s...

Credit union real estate lenders too often suffer heartburn over being called “salespeople,” especially in light of serving their members, according to Dr. Bruce Lund, founder, and director of The 90-Day Sales Manager . But supporting the demand for services drives the need to occupy the sales niche when courting professional partner firms to help the credit union and its members achieve their goa...

When Scott Albrecht became manager of a small credit union located within a Fortune 15 company in Columbus, Ohio, he wanted to ignite in his staff a passion for service, creating a credit union that replicated the old TV sitcom Cheers, “where everybody knows your name.” These days Albrecht serves as the AVP of Learning Development for ServiStar Consulting, a position that enables him to teach that...

How do mortgage lenders rise to success in their industry? The most successful mortgage veterans know mastery of critical techniques is just part of the equation. Embracing the lifestyles of the members and communities they serve opens the door to new levels of understanding, and from that understanding comes mastery. In this episode ACUMA President Peter Benjamin, CMB, and Sean Dugan, Director of...

Effective leadership is critical to success, but leadership skills are neither a natural talent nor a career rite of passage. Good leaders earn their position. In this podcast, ACUMA President Peter Benjamin, CMB, digs deeply into the leadership question with Casey Cunningham, the founder & CEO of XINNIX. Cunningham knows that leaders must be strong, but that strength must be based on honesty...

There are so many different opportunities for people to continue to learn and grow within the credit union space. ACUMA’s FOCALpoint Workshops are just one of those many ways. But we are joined today, by Julie Bowering from Elements Financial and Amber Speer from Texell Credit Union just getting to know them and why they chose to attend the FOCALpoint Workshops. Sharing their insights on collabora...

True professions are defined as enterprises that actively provide training and support for those who will take the reins in the future. Unfortunately, the question of how that will happen is too often ignored. In this podcast, ACUMA Peter Benjamin, CMB, discusses staff development with Andy Woodman, VP of Mortgage Lending and Loan Trading at Georgia United Credit Union. Joined by Lender Price’s Da...

Navigating the mortgage market requires vigorous attention to detail and up-to-date market intelligence to make the right decisions at the right times and for the right reasons. In this podcast, ACUMA President Peter Benjamin, CMB, welcomes mortgage industry expert Bill Bodnar, Chief Revenue Officer for Tabrasa LLC, and Chief Market Analyst for the Mortgage Market Guide, to help listeners understa...

If any organization has a hub around which all movement turns, it’s usually someone with integrity, influence, endurance, and, above all, energy. In this special podcast ACUMA President Peter Benjamin, CMB, honors Krista Korfmacher, ACUMA’s Director of Events and Member Relations, in celebration of her fifth anniversary with the association. Most members know her as the human whirlwind that keeps...

Credit unions were founded on the premise of serving the underserved and people of modest means. These days those potential members are getting harder to reach amid the clatter and competition characterizing the marketplace. How do credit unions clear the path to better fulfill their mission? Join ACUMA President Peter Benjamin, CMB, on the very first ACUMA ONpoint Podcast as he analyzes and discu...