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...
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.
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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...
5 Ways to Become an Exceptional Credit Union Leader
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...
Trump Can Remove Independent Agency Board Members: OIRA Nominee
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...

