Credit Union Industry News & Updates

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Dependent Care and Board Member Expense Reimbursement

AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). SUMMARY: The NCUA Board is amending its regulations concerning the reimbursement of reasonable expenses for federal credit union (FCU) officials. The amendment revises the definition of compensation to exclude...

Preemption-Federal Credit Union Non-Interest Charges and Fees

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction A. Background Federal credit unions (FCUs) routinely rely on third parties for a range of products and services.[1] In particular, third parties are crucial to FCUs' provision of payment cards, which are vital and deeply...

Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Executive Summary The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposes to revise several parts of the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance located in title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), subtitle A, to improve and...

Hensarling Dumps Durbin Repeal in Loss for Credit Unions

House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling (D-Texas) says he will drop the repeal of the so-called Durbin Amendment from his Dodd-Frank overhaul plan rather than jeopardize the entire bill. “I’ve said before that repeal of the Durbin amendment was...

NCUA Board Seeks Uniformity in Appeals Process

The NCUA board on Thursday agreed to issue proposed rules that would standardize the appeals process that credit unions may use if they disagree with agency actions. The proposed rules would replace provisions that are scattered throughout the regulations governing...

NCUA Loses Bond Insurance Appeal from $72M Fraud Case

A federal appeals court ruled against the NCUA last week in a bond insurance claim dispute stemming from the $72.5 million fraud case of the St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit Union. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on May 18 affirmed a lower court...

McWatters to Cordray: Decrease Regulatory Burden on Credit Unions

Acting NCUA Chairman J. Mark McWatters is asking the CFPB to use its powers to exempt credit unions from certain agency rules, particularly mortgage reporting requirements. In a Wednesday letter to CFPB Director Richard Cordray, McWatters also asks the agency to issue...

DDoS Attacks Unpredictable, Consistently Target Financial Sector

Distributed Denial of Service attacks remain unpredictable and persistent, and vary widely in volume, speed and complexity according to Reston, Va.-based Verisign’s DDoS Trends Report for the first quarter of 2017. While Verisign saw a 23% decrease in DDoS...