adminHouse Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate Pres. Andy Gardiner formally agreed to the topics and dates of a special session. Legislative leaders announced that they have come up with a long list of items they want to tackle during a 20-day special...
On Friday, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) announced that the markup for a regulatory relief bill has been moved to May 21. It was originally scheduled to be marked up this Thursday. However, 10 Democrats on the committee say...
Credit unions that qualify for consulting assistance from the NCUA’s Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives have until May 31 to submit nominations. Credit unions may nominate themselves or be nominated by an NCUA examiner. The consulting...
Achieva Credit Union said Tuesday it has signed an agreement to acquire Calusa Bank, a Florida state-chartered bank in Sarasota and Charlotte counties with $165 million in assets. This would be the first acquisition of a bank by a credit union in...
A bill that would establish a national data security standard was introduced Friday. The Data Protection Act of 2015 was introduced by Reps. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) and John Carney (D-DE), and would establish a process for companies of all sizes to...
The noise continues to increase inside the payment sphere about the looming EMV liability shift deadline in October of 2015. However, we have noticed that the majority of media coverage is based on the assumption that most financial institutions...