Congratulations to the following recipients of awards from CUNA’s awards program! These winning entries will be sent to CUNA’s national competition, where they will compete with other state winners from throughout the country. The awards will...
Last week, the NCUA board voted to change the definition of a small credit union from under $50 million in assets to under $100 million in assets under the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The board reasoned that more than three-quarters of all federally...
It’s already time to start thinking about the CUNA GAC. The housing block opened this morning. The League’s room block is once again at the Grand Hyatt where it has been since 2010. Credit unions are urged to reserve rooms as quickly as...
CUNA announced Wednesday that it is reducing member dues for 2016. The reduction recognizes the need for CUNA to continue to become leaner and more agile, as well as calculate dues in a way that that celebrates and rewards credit union success and...
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) is now making available the data on mortgage lending transactions at 7,062 U.S. financial institutions covered by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The HMDA data covers 2014...
According to the Krebs on Security website, once the Target data breach happened in 2013, the company found that when hackers were inside the store’s system, there were no safeguards in place to keep them from gaining customer’s personal...
On Monday, a new set of regulations went into affect regarding the U.S. and Cuban relations. These are additional revisions to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The new revisions are the next...
A new payment system is about to be launched for mobile customers. During Sunday night’s Emmy awards show, Samsung ran a number of ads showing its new payment system and claiming that it’s “the most accepted mobile payment.”...
A closer look at the Call Report data for the second quarter shows that Alabama and Florida credit unions are seeing growth in assets, membership, and loans. Both states are on record pace with membership and loans, while Florida once again set a...
Late Wednesday the Alabama House and Senate gave final approvals to a General Fund Budget, ending four months of uncertainty for many state agencies and the citizens that receive those services. With just two weeks left before the beginning of the...