Mar 4, 2026
Glen speaks with two Associate Professors- Anna-Leigh Stone
(Samford University) and Jordan Van Rijn (University of Wisconsin)
about the recent Credit Union Research Workshop and Stone’s paper
analyzing the impact of CUs acquiring banks. Also- KYC risks
morphing into Know Your Citizenship.
Links related to this episode:
- Anna-Leigh Stone: https://www.samford.edu/business/directory/Stone-Anna-Leigh
- Jordan Van Rijn: https://aae.wisc.edu/faculty/vanrijn/
- The CU Research Workshop: https://sites.google.com/view/jordan-van-rijn/home/credit-union-research-workshop
- The Cato Institute on the proposed requirement for FIs to collect account holders’ citizenship data: https://www.cato.org/blog/know-citizenship-says-trump-banks
- TruStage’s announcement of its TSDA stablecoin for credit unions: https://www.trustage.com/newsroom/2026-press-releases/trustage-launches-stablecoin
- The CU Daily on the latest Alabama brushfire re: a CU acquiring a bank: https://thecudaily.com/bankers-use-latest-cu-purchase-of-bank-to-criticize-tax-exemption-americas-cus-says-claimes-are-lies/
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