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

This site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official electronic version on GPO’s govinfo.gov. The documents...

Don’t Allow Your Consultants to Do This

At this point, it’s become an industry – consultants who have grown up over the last decade helping banks and credit unions negotiate new agreements or renewals with their payments vendors – networks, processors, internet banking and bill pay...

ADA Lawsuits Against CUs More Than Double in a Month

The number of lawsuits filed in Virginia District Courts against credit unions over the accessibility of their websites has risen from nine to more than 20 in the last four weeks, court documents show. All of the suits — at least 23 at the time of...

Washington’s Largest CU Unveils New Logo, Brand Identity

The $17.5 billion BECU, Washington’s largest credit union, unveiled a new logo and brand identity Thursday. The new logo features the white letters of BECU that are separated by vertical white lines. These elements of the new logo are surrounded by a red...

NCUA Bans Five Former CU Employees

The NCUA earlier this week banned a former accounting specialist, a former board attorney and three other former credit union employees. Anna Chaberek, who worked as an accounting specialist for the $27 million Enterprise Credit Union in Brookfield, Wis., pleaded...

Singles, Couples Need Different Retirement Planning

While the same principles apply in planning for retirement for singles or for couples, the way plans are implemented is different. So says a report on Marketwatch, which points out that singles will “likely” have a...