GTE Financial Credit Union was recently awarded Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2016 Corporate Philanthropy Award in its category, as well as the publication’s highest honor, the Benefactor of the Year award. According to GTE Financial, the credit...
According to cybercrime expert Brian Krebs, “Federal investigators in the United States and Europe last week arrested nearly three-dozen people suspected of patronizing so-called ‘booter’ services that can be hired to knock targeted Web sites...
League sources reported that at his year-end press conference yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-KY) reiterated that Republicans intend to use reconciliation to move tax reform legislation in 2017 sooner than later. McConnell said...
A nationwide “Vote for Miracles” campaign celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Credit Unions for Kids program is now underway. Through Dec. 20, affiliates of the LSCU and the general public are invited to cast their votes to support their local...
USF Federal Credit Union (USF FCU), headquartered in Tampa, FL has been selected as a finalist for the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2016 Corporate Philanthropy Awards. The 21 finalists will be recognized today at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg...
As expected, the American Bankers Association has filed a lawsuit against the National Credit Union Administration stating that the regulator’s new field of membership (FOM) rules go too far. The suit was filed in the United States District...
Over the next five years, TransUnion estimates that potentially 17.1 million first-time homebuyers will enter the housing market. For its analysis, TransUnion developed a model that examined thousands of credit scores and attributes determining...
According to the data collected by the Breach Level Index (BLI) database, 974 data breaches occurred worldwide in the first half of 2016, up 15 percent from the 844 breaches during the previous six months (July to December 2015). More than 554...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released additional information on effective dates and required disclosures for the prepaid card rule that generally becomes effective on Oct. 1, 2017. The CFPB has now released a new Fact Sheet that...
Mastercard just introduced Decision Intelligence, a comprehensive decision and fraud detection service. The solution uses artificial intelligence technology to help financial institutions increase the accuracy of real-time approvals of genuine...