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NACHA & IFX Announce Merger Deal

API technology NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association and the Interactive Financial eXchange (IFX) Forum plan to combine forces in a deal they said will speed up and strengthen the development of standardized application programming interfaces (APIs)...

Cannabis CUs Move Forward Cautiously: Onsite at GAC

From left to right: CUNA Director of Advocacy Shelton Roulhac, Weedmaps Vice President of Government Relations Dustin MacDonald, Budding Solutions Founder and CEO Shanita Penny, former Colorado Director of Marijuana Coordination Andrew Freeman and Maps CU Chief Risk...

State Regulator Conserves Michigan Credit Union

Poor financial performance According to NCUA financial performance reports, the $84.6 million Ukrainian Future Credit Union is well capitalized and has not posted net income losses over the last five years, but Michigan regulators placed the Warren-based...

Citi to Refund $335 Million After Finding Card APRs Too High

Credit card rates Citigroup Inc., one of the world’s largest credit-card issuers, said it will refund $335 million to U.S. customers whose annual percentage rate should have been lower. The lender determined that a method it was using to calculate APRs...

Identity Thieves Are Trying to Tap Colorado Annuities: Officials

Identity thieves are trying to loot annuities in Colorado, according to officials at the Colorado Division of Insurance. Division officials want consumers to talk to insurers about account safeguards. "Individuals with annuities, or even life insurance, can...

Another Credit Union Prevails in ADA Case

ADA Code Washington, D.C.-based Department of Labor Federal Credit Union has prevailed in a lawsuit brought against it over the accessibility of its website, according to documents filed in a Virginia District Court. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff...

Wisconsin Credit Union Buys Bank

Acquisition The $413 million Superior Choice Credit Union in Superior, Wis., said it signed an agreement to buy the $79.1 million Dairyland State Bank in Bruce, Wis. The deal is expected to close in the third or fourth quarter of this year pending regulatory...

GAC 2018: Legislative, Regulatory Waters Remain Muddied

The U.S. Capitol Building Last year, thousands of credit union officials flocked CUNA’s Governmental Affairs Conference. With a new administration and a new Congress, they had many questions about nominees, regulatory moves and regulatory overhaul legislation. A...