Credit Union Industry News & Updates

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The NCUA Staff Draft 2026-2027 Budget

AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). SUMMARY: The NCUA's staff draft “detailed business-type budget” for 2026 and 2027 was made available for public review in the Federal Register as required by federal statute on September 29, 2025 as docket number...

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By Devin Hughes SVP Lender PartnershipsLendKey Against a backdrop of decreasing interest rates, emerging competitors, and federal reforms that upend old certainties, the stakes for credit unions heading into their 2026 planning sessions are as high as they have been...

The NCUA Staff Draft 2026-2027 Budget

AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). SUMMARY: The NCUA's staff draft “detailed business-type budget” for 2026 and 2027 was made available for public review in the Federal Register as required by federal statute on September 29, 2025, as docket number...

RiskIQ Alert Spotlights Bitcoin Security Threats

San Francisco-based digital-threat-management solutions provider RiskIQ’s in its analysis of cryptocurrency security menaces and tips, found more than 600 blacklisted bitcoin apps found across official app stores including Apple and Google. RiskIQ in an alert...

Understaffing Has Many CUs Outsourcing IT

The widening gap between understaffed IT departments and growing demands for better, more complicated data security is pushing many credit unions and community banks to outsource the management of their IT networks and security monitoring, according to new research....

Wave of Crypto Scams, Bitcoin Crash Said to Spook Card Firms

America’s largest banks had a myriad of worries in mind when they rushed this week to ban customers from using credit cards to buy cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin’s gut-wrenching slide was just one of the threats. JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp....

Cybercriminals Impersonating IC3, Docs, Outlook & DocuSign

Cybercriminals want personal identifiable information so bad they mimic seemingly legitimate enterprises such the Internet Crime Complaint Center, Microsoft Outlook, DocuSign and Google Docs to tempt victims into giving away IDs. The IC3 released an alert on...