Credit Union Industry News & Updates

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Rethinking Home Equity: Are We Still Treating It Like a Mortgage? – NACUSO

By Omar JordanFounder & CEOCoviance Across the credit union community, I’m seeing renewed energy around HELOCs and closed-end home equity loans. Rising rates have slowed first mortgages, but they’ve also created an opportunity for members to tap into the equity...

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...

Melrose Credit Union Conserved

New York’s tenth largest credit union by assets, the $1.7 billion Melrose CU, was placed into conservatorship Friday by the New York State Department of Financial Services, which appointed the NCUA as the conservator, according to the federal agency. The state...

CU Trades Continue Support for CFPB Commission

House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling's revised Dodd-Frank overhaul bill abandons the idea of converting the CFPB into a five-member commission - a plan consistently advocated by credit union trade groups. Instead, the plan calls for the CFPB to be governed...

Millennials Overconfident & Underprepared in Managing Money

Millennials are overconfident and underprepared for managing their money, according to new research from the Denver-based National Endowment for Financial Education. Only 24% of the millennial respondents (23-to-35-year-olds) showed basic financial literacy in...

Arby’s Breach Put Credit Union Cardholders at Risk

Another breach at a fast-food restaurant, this time at Atlanta-based restaurant chain Arby’s, once again puts credit union cardholders at risk, in an incident reminiscent of the Wendy’s hack in 2016. According to cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs, sources...

CU Employees Becoming Commissioned Fraud Investigators

All credit unions have to battle fraud these days, but in Spokane, Wash., a few credit unions are taking the fight to a new level — some of their employees are becoming commissioned fraud investigators with the local police department. The move — done in...

Voters Favor Increased Regulation of Financial Institutions: Poll

An increasing number of Americans favor increased regulation of financial institutions despite efforts by credit unions and others who contend they are over-regulated, according to a new poll. In the poll, conducted Feb. 2-6 by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut,...