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...

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...

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...

One of the critical components of success in business, no matter the industry, is executive leadership. It seems like a no-brainer, but the nuances of true leadership can be tricky to navigate. For example, a good credit union leader may encourage employees to share...

President Trump has selected Neomi Rao, a law professor who contends that the president may remove members of independent agency boards – presumably including the NCUA – as his regulatory chief. Rao, a law professor at George Mason University, must be...

CFP Board Center for Financial Planning has launched a campaign to attract younger and more diverse individuals to the industry. Called I am a CFP Pro, the campaign is accessible online and features a diverse group of young people telling their stories about how...