Credit Union Industry News & Updates

The Credit Union & Banking worlds are changing faster today than they ever have. Keep informed about what’s going on in the industry.

WHAT’S GOING ON AT CREDIT UNIONS?

Third-Party Servicing of Indirect Vehicle Loans

( printed page 14484) AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). SUMMARY: The NCUA Board (Board) is seeking comment on a proposed rule that would remove the NCUA's unnecessarily prescriptive regulation regarding third-party servicing of indirect vehicle...

Advocacy in Action – NACUSO

Why NACUSO Shows Up in Washington Each year, thousands of credit union leaders gather in Washington, D.C. for the Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC). While the conference is known for its energy, scale, and tradition, at its core GAC represents something far more...

Sunshine Act Meetings

This site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official electronic version on GPO’s govinfo.gov. The documents...

Retirees Sue Credit Union Over Lifetime Benefits Dispute

Five people, including two senior executives, are suing a Texas credit union they retired from for discontinuing promised lifetime retirement benefits, accusing their former employer of violating federal laws and fraud. The $347 million Union Square Credit Union in...

Contactless Payments to Hit 150M Users in 2017

The number of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay users is about to hit 100 million and should top 150 million by the end of 2017, according to new data from fintech analysis firm Juniper Research. Apple, Samsung and Google (which operates Android Pay) owned 41% of...

Hensarling’s Draft Legislation Retains Three-Member NCUA Board

House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) would retain the three-member NCUA board structure in his plan to overhaul Dodd-Frank – legislation that will be introduced by the end of the month. The proposal would also decrease the power of the...

Tax Fraud Season Extends Beyond Tax Day

IBM X-Force researchers saw a 6,000% increase in tax-related spam emails leading up to Tax Day 2017. That’s significant because tax fraud season does not end on April 18. The IBM researchers see this increase and other factors as evidence that cybercriminals are...

CSCU 2017 Conference: Emerging Payments, Mobile Wallets & More

The effect of emerging payments, tokenization, mobile wallets, fraud, millennial spending, social media, the cloud and machine learning at credit unions took center stage at the CSCU 2017 Annual Conference. “The landscape of the payment industry is changing...

NCUA Issues Fake Check Scam Warning

After receiving numerous inquiries from consumers, the NCUA issued a warning Monday about a fake check scam. The federal agency said it has received about 12 calls over the last 10 days from consumers about a fake check scheme. The NCUA noted in its prepared statement...