Credit Union Industry News & Updates

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Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Programs

( printed page 18304) AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and the National Credit Union Administration. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC),...

Chartering and Field of Membership

( printed page 17769) AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). SUMMARY: The NCUA Board (Board) proposes to amend the associational common bond provisions of its chartering and field of membership (FOM) rules. The proposed FOM amendment would clarify that...

Sunshine Act Meetings

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Credit Unions Name New CEOs, Retirements

Bangor Federal Credit Union named Basil Closson as its new president/CEO. Credit unions in North Carolina, New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia and Indiana recently named top executive leaders and announced retirements. The $2.2 billion Truliant Federal Credit...

Nussle Tells Hatch Credit Unions Must Be Permitted to ‘Evolve’

Credit unions must be permitted to evolve, and that evolution should not endanger their tax exemption, CUNA President Jim Nussle said this week, in a letter to Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). Hatch recently wrote a letter to NCUA Chairman Mark McWatters...

Sen. Warren Blasts Equifax for Lax Cybersecurity in Report

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., released the findings of a four-month investigation into how Equifax failed to protect the personal data of more than 145 million Americans. The new 15-page report containing the findings concludes...

E-Commerce Cyberattacks Grew During 2017 Holiday Season

ThreatMetrix, The Digital Identity Company, research identified 251 million fraud attempts, a 113% growth over 2016, during 2017’s fourth quarter. The report also revealed an increased attack volume originating from Russia. The Q4 2017 Cybercrime Report from San...

RiskIQ Alert Spotlights Bitcoin Security Threats

San Francisco-based digital-threat-management solutions provider RiskIQ’s in its analysis of cryptocurrency security menaces and tips, found more than 600 blacklisted bitcoin apps found across official app stores including Apple and Google. RiskIQ in an alert...

Understaffing Has Many CUs Outsourcing IT

The widening gap between understaffed IT departments and growing demands for better, more complicated data security is pushing many credit unions and community banks to outsource the management of their IT networks and security monitoring, according to new research....