DIY Is For Home-Improvement, Not Vendor Negotiations
Credit unions and community banks unintentionally waste millions of dollars every year. The easiest, fastest way to stop wasting your money is your vendor management program.
The Truth: You Don’t Have Time To Write Due Diligence Reviews
You don’t have time to fully review all of the due diligence documentation every year for every critical and important vendor you’re responsible for. We have a time-saving solution that will help!
Credit Unions Closed More Branches In 2020 Than Ever Before
The Credit Union Times recently reported third-and-fourth quarter data released by the NCUA revealed a 12-month trend in branch closings throughout the United States and its territories. This decline resulted in 449 branch closings in 2020.
Maple Street Business Impact Reports: A Better Way to Manage Contracts
For those who haven’t heard of a Business Impact Report, or BIR, it’s an interactive tool Maple Street creates for our clients to help gain an accurate inventory of incomplete vendor contracts for compliance / due diligence throughout the year to maintain an on-going healthy vendor program.
ROA in the Danger Zone? Vendor Management Can Build Your Earnings
A recent CUNA forecast predicts credit unions’ ROA will fall over the next two years. The study revealed credit union earnings would remain depressed because of lower interest rates and less non-interest income.
Save your time and money with the Vendor Advantage System®
You bought a shiny new software system to do vendor management. Congratulations! Now you have to make it work for your credit union or community bank.
Maple Street announces strategic partnership with CNCU
Maple Street, Inc., the recognized leader in providing wide-ranging vendor management services to credit unions and community banks, has signed an agreement with the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues as the recommended vendor for vendor management services.
UECU: How a Negotiation Contract Became A Long-Time Partnership
Learn how Maple Street and United Educators Credit Union have turned a negotiation contract into a long-time partnership.
Maple Street’s Tips for Updating Your Vendor Management
Most of us don’t get very excited about writing or updating procedures – any procedures. We know it’s necessary, we know it will take a while and we would generally rather do something else.
Maple Street’s Scary Negotiation Stories About Wasting Member’s Money
Everybody likes a good horror film, especially around Halloween. But what if the horror story involved your members’ money? The fun is gone – and the only thing slashed is your institution’s bottom line.