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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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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Wave of Crypto Scams, Bitcoin Crash Said to Spook Card Firms

America’s largest banks had a myriad of worries in mind when they rushed this week to ban customers from using credit cards to buy cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin’s gut-wrenching slide was just one of the threats. JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp....

Cybercriminals Impersonating IC3, Docs, Outlook & DocuSign

Cybercriminals want personal identifiable information so bad they mimic seemingly legitimate enterprises such the Internet Crime Complaint Center, Microsoft Outlook, DocuSign and Google Docs to tempt victims into giving away IDs. The IC3 released an alert on...

The State of Phishing & W-2s

Seventy-six percent of organizations experienced phishing attacks in 2017 and nearly half of information security professionals said the attack rate increased from 2016. Meanwhile W-2 tax-scams are now in season. Pittsburgh-based Wombat Security Technologies released...

Louisiana League Names New CEO

Robert Gallman, the new president/CEO of the Louisiana Credit Union League The board of directors of the Louisiana Credit Union League said Wednesday that Robert Gallman will become the new president/CEO of the statewide trade organization on March 1. He succeeds the...