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NACHA & IFX Announce Merger Deal

API technology NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association and the Interactive Financial eXchange (IFX) Forum plan to combine forces in a deal they said will speed up and strengthen the development of standardized application programming interfaces (APIs)...

Cannabis CUs Move Forward Cautiously: Onsite at GAC

From left to right: CUNA Director of Advocacy Shelton Roulhac, Weedmaps Vice President of Government Relations Dustin MacDonald, Budding Solutions Founder and CEO Shanita Penny, former Colorado Director of Marijuana Coordination Andrew Freeman and Maps CU Chief Risk...

NCUA Liquidates Chicago Credit Union

The $116,449 St. Elizabeth’s Credit Union in Chicago became the first credit union liquidation of 2018, the NCUA said Tuesday. Following a 60-day suspension last fall, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation determined that the credit...

Fate of ADA Lawsuits Hazy for CUs Despite Virginia Decision

Recent news of Northwest Federal Credit Union’s successful challenge to an ADA lawsuit may seem like an omen for the industry, but it doesn’t mean similar cases against other credit unions will necessarily end the same way — or that new suits...

Savings Rate Dips to Pre-Recession Low

Consumers ended 2017 by accelerating spending faster than their incomes, squeezing their savings rate to its lowest levels since the eve of the Great Recession. The U.S. Commerce Department reported Monday that personal savings were an annualized $351.6 billion in...

No Mobile Banking Features? You’re Becoming a ‘Dinosaur’

Data from a new survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston suggests that credit unions that don’t offer mobile banking, blow off mobile payments and ignore the mobile needs of business customers could head the way of the dinosaur. The report surveyed 706...