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?

Financial Data Transparency Act Joint Data Standards

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); National Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal...

Prohibition on the Use of Reputation Risk

AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). SUMMARY: On October 21, 2025, the Board issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to codify the elimination of reputation risk from its supervisory framework. This change aligns with Executive Order 14331,...

Sunshine Act Meetings

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Wells Fargo Brand Still Tainted, Hurting Reps & Recruiting

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...

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...