Why All Things Payments
The stakes for credit unions have never been higher. Emerging payments technologies create new opportunities while also putting pressure on credit union deposit strategies and interchange revenue. Amazon and Walmart are exploring launching stablecoins that could financially impact credit union’s bottom line. OpenAI’s Instant Checkout with PayPal will allow users to buy in a single, streamlined ChatGPT experience. AI-powered fraud is accelerating faster than defenses can keep up.
No single credit union can solve the payments puzzle on their own. The All Things Payments Center brings together the industry's best thinking: academic rigor, practitioner insight, and collaborative problem-solving to help credit unions not just survive these disruptions but lead through them.
Filene Research Institute
From Confusion to Competitive Clarity
The All Things Payments Center cuts through the noise with unbiased CU-guided research that will help credit unions look forward to navigate competition and technological tradeoffs to build a payments roadmap that will meet the evolving expectations of their members. Filene will examine critical questions including:
- Where does our credit union stand competitively in payments and what should we prioritize?
- Which payment innovations (tokenization, stablecoins, etc.) will impact our members?
- What do members actually expect from their payments experience and how do we deliver it?
