Wells Fargo has reached a $110 million settlement with its bank clients tied to as many as 2 million fake accounts. This news comes about six months after the bank agreed to pay $185 million in fines and penalties to federal regulators and the Los Angeles city...
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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Video Banking Produces Benefits, Customer Adoption Rate Lacking
A new survey shows financial institutions are seeing benefits from video banking but only a small percentage of their customers are using the service. The joint report, coauthored by CUNA Strategic Services, Vidyo, a video communications technology provider and Efma,...
Temporary Discomfort Opens Doors to Success
“The introduction of something new,” or, “a new idea, method or advice.” According to m-w.com, that’s the definition of innovation – a word that’s as prevalent in the credit union industry as deposits or members. It often...
CO-OP Deploying AI to Combat Card Fraud
Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based CO-OP Financial Services intends to implement artificial intelligence to fight fraud, with a machine learning-based risk management tool for its client credit unions later in 2017. “A key pain point for credit unions in 2017 is...
UPDATE: Trump’s DOJ Ditches Defense of CFPB
The U.S. Justice Department argued Friday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be stripped of its independence, a reversal of an earlier stance that the president only had the power to remove the Obama-era agency’s director for cause,...
Former Credit Union CEO Indicted for $5M Embezzlement
After more than three years since a Kansas credit union was merged following a suspected embezzlement scheme, federal authorities announced Wednesday the indictment of a former president/CEO who is allegedly responsible for stealing more than $5 million. Nita Rae...

