Credit Union Industry News & Updates

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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CREDIT UNIONS?

NCUA Draft 2027-2028 Budget

AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) SUMMARY: NCUA's draft “detailed business-type budget” is being made available for public review as required by federal statute. The proposed resources will finance the agency's annual operations and capital projects,...

Conversion to State-Chartered Credit Union

AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). SUMMARY: The NCUA Board (Board) solicits public comment on a proposal to remove a regulatory provision regarding the process for maintaining federal share insurance following the conversion of a federal credit union...

Nonconforming Investment Special Reserve

( printed page 66532) AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). SUMMARY: The NCUA Board (Board) is proposing to amend its regulations governing the requirements for federal share insurance. This action would remove the requirement for federally insured,...

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...