Take advantage of the savings through the Office Depot/Office Max Store Purchasing Card. This card allows access to more than 1,000 Office Depot/Office Max stores. Whether it is used by your credit union, credit union staff, or members, using the...
Elder abuse is very common in the United States. Research shows that 17 percent of abuse in Americans over the age of 65 is financial exploitation. Studies show that only one in 44 cases is ever reported. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
The CU Times released its latest group of Women to Watch in its most recent issue. Community South Credit Union CEO Jan Page was featured for her small town values. Page, who grew in Chipley, FL, where her credit union is headquartered, has led the...
Friday afternoon, Gov. Rick Scott officially signed HB 1233 into law. This legislation, sponsored by Rep. Cyndi Stevenson (R-St. Augustine) and Sen. Rene Garcia (R-Hialeah), now requires the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) to enter into...
The Center for Responsible Lending conducted a study about payday lending laws and found that the Florida law, passed in 2001, has not been protecting consumers as it was intended. The study found that “these ‘best practices’ are...
For the second time in three years, significant updates to the Alabama State Credit Union Act have passed the House and Senate. The Alabama House passed SB 209, the Alabama Credit Union Update, late Wednesday evening by a unanimous vote of 104-0...
According to sources within the NCUA, the board source is expected to amend the fixed asset rule which was passed in July 2015. The amendment will address the non-owner occupied/partial occupancy issues that were not taken care of when the current...
The report for February home sales has been released and the news is not good. Existing home sales across the country declined 7.1 percent or seasonally adjusted rate of 5.08 million homes. This is less than the 5.47 million that were sold in...
Vining Sparks will present a webinar exclusively for credit unions on March 31 at 11 a.m. EDT/ 10 a.m. CDT . This is the first in the 2016 webinar series. Credit unions have relied on Vining Sparks’ proprietary Performance Profile for more...
Late Friday afternoon CUNA announced that its membership has overwhelmingly approved modernizing the trade association’s bylaws. Ninety percent of the membership that voted approved the bylaws; which makes it the most significant changes to...