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,...

Michigan CU Bank Purchase Called Off

The $852 million Honor Credit Union of Berrien Springs, Mich. will not buy the $53.3 million Citizens State Bank of Ontonagon, Mich. “Citizens State Bank of Ontonagon and Honor Credit Union have mutually decided to continue serving their respective customers and...

NCUA Liquidates Chicago Credit Union

The $116,449 St. Elizabeth’s Credit Union in Chicago became the first credit union liquidation of 2018, the NCUA said Tuesday. Following a 60-day suspension last fall, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation determined that the credit...

Fate of ADA Lawsuits Hazy for CUs Despite Virginia Decision

Recent news of Northwest Federal Credit Union’s successful challenge to an ADA lawsuit may seem like an omen for the industry, but it doesn’t mean similar cases against other credit unions will necessarily end the same way — or that new suits...

Savings Rate Dips to Pre-Recession Low

Consumers ended 2017 by accelerating spending faster than their incomes, squeezing their savings rate to its lowest levels since the eve of the Great Recession. The U.S. Commerce Department reported Monday that personal savings were an annualized $351.6 billion in...

No Mobile Banking Features? You’re Becoming a ‘Dinosaur’

Data from a new survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston suggests that credit unions that don’t offer mobile banking, blow off mobile payments and ignore the mobile needs of business customers could head the way of the dinosaur. The report surveyed 706...