Blog & Resources
Start Preparing for Your Credit Union’s Transition Away from Libor
The London Inter-bank Offered Rate (Libor) has been an important rate index used by the financial services industry in setting loan, investment, derivative, and other rates since the 1970s. Beginning in 2008, various...
Approaching Remote Worker Information Security From a Business Risk Perspective
Organizations of all types, including credit unions, are leveraging remote work environments more than ever. The brick and mortar workplace, as many of us have known, may never be the same. Some large corporations have...
Approaching the When and How of Going Back to the Office from a Business Risk Perspective
Like most, if not all, of the financial institutions Rochdale Paragon partners with, we have been monitoring conditions, listening to evolving official guidance and having frequent discussions about what business looks like...
Leveraging the PPP Program to Help Members and Create Value for Communities
Millions of Americans tune into the daily press briefings presented by the Coronavirus Task Force. Those briefings often include information regarding the various economic stimulus measures presented by Treasury Secretary...
Moving from Chaos to Calm: Lessons from the Navy Seals for Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic
First and foremost, we would like to send a special thanks to Retired Commander Dana De Coster of the US Navy SEALs for providing much of the information presented in this article. Most credit unions, as well as other...
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Guidance
Congress recently passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The Act has many provisions designed to help individuals, the health care system, health care providers, state and local governments,...
Pandemic and Remote Workforce Risk Assessment Guidance
Rochdale Paragon Group recently released two pieces of guidance regarding assessing some of the risks being faced during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The first, Approaching Coronavirus from a Business Risk Perspective,...
Balancing New Market Risks Amidst COVID-19 Uncertainties
Rochdale Paragon CEO Tony Ferris lends his thoughts on how financial institutions will navigate this crisis while supporting their customers. In an article written on March 19 by the Kansas City Business Journal,...
Approaching a Remote Workforce from a Business Risk Perspective
Rochdale Paragon recently worked with Excite Credit Union ($514 million credit union in San Jose, CA) to facilitate a discussion regarding risks that should be considered with an increasingly large remote workforce. With respect to the coronavirus crisis and our collective effort to mitigate unnecessary staff and member exposure, many credit unions have implemented remote work policies for non-essential and other personnel.