When the Federal Reserve board meets this week, a wobbly economy will be heavy on their minds. After raising rates for the first time in a decade in December, the board is looking to possibly raise rates again in June. However, the economy has not...
Visa is looking at how chip cards are impacting fraud. CU Today is reporting that Visa found a dip of more than 18 percent on fraudulent transactions. What Visa is also finding is that mag strip devices are seeing more fraud activity since chip...
Each year, one of the most anticipated events at the Southeast Credit Union Conference & Expo is the Governmental Affairs Luncheon. The luncheon has been headlined by a big name speaker every year that provides attendees an inside look at...
The city of Tallahassee, along with businesses like Tallahassee-Leon FCU, will once again give local youth the chance to gain real world experience by taking part in the Future Leaders Academy. The second year of the program will see more support...
In an Op-Ed that appeared in Monday’s Pensacola News Journal, Drew J. Breakspear, commissioner of Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation, wrote about the importance of empowering youth to ensure a sound economic future. According to Breakspear, a...
A recent look by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics finds three Florida cities in the top 10 fastest growing economies in 2015. Headlight Data put the statistics together by highlighting the major metro areas in the country with one million or more...
Register before April 26 to take advantage of the early bird discount for the upcoming LSCU Small Asset Size Conferences slated for May 10 in Tallahassee and May 12 in Birmingham. The conferences are designed for credit unions with under $50 million...
Tax Day is the perfect time to reflect on the tax-exempt status of credit unions. The League and member credit unions achieved great success with the Don’t Tax My Credit Union campaign in 2013, which resulted in more than 100,000 individual contacts...
It’s no secret that predatory lending is one of the largest contributing factors to a cycle of debt for some consumers. They often feel too embarrassed about their credit scores, lack of financial solvency, and other issues which lead them to...
NCUA recently settled on a $29 million offer of judgment from Credit Suisse as partial recompense for poorly funded residential mortgage-backed securities purchased by two failed corporate credit unions — Members United and Southwest Corporate...