Credit Union Industry News & Updates

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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CREDIT UNIONS?

Advocacy in Action – NACUSO

Why NACUSO Shows Up in Washington Each year, thousands of credit union leaders gather in Washington, D.C. for the Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC). While the conference is known for its energy, scale, and tradition, at its core GAC represents something far more...

Sunshine Act Meetings

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Records Preservation Program and Appendices-Record Retention Guidelines; Catastrophic Act Preparedness Guidelines

AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). SUMMARY: On April 24, 2024, the NCUA Board (Board) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit comments on ways the agency can improve and update its vital records preservation program...

Getting to the Core of a Collaborative Effort

It is one thing to boast about communicating with users, it is quite another to actually build a core processing system using customer collaboration, such as Layton, Utah-based CUProdigy does. The foundation of CUProdigy’s capabilities centers around its cloud...

Scary Number of 2017 Breaches Tops 2016 Record High

Talk about scary Halloween tales. The number captured in the 2017 ITRC Breach Report now totals 1,103, an increase of 22.4% over last year's record pace for the same period (901). As of October 18, the breach total also represents 171,588,466 reported exposed records,...

Would Blockchain Have Blocked Wells Fargo’s Misconduct?

It’s been over a year since the Wells Fargo banking scandal came to light. Currently, Wells Fargo estimates their employees opened 3.5 million unauthorized accounts. In response, the bank’s leadership continues to be criticized by leading politicians...

Pennsylvania Association Launches New Logo, Brand Promise

The Pennsylvania Credit Union Association introduced Thursday its new logo and what it called a new brand promise of “moving your credit union forward.” “We made the decision to rebrand as a way to reinforce our leadership role in the credit union...

Default Retirement Savings Rates Could Go Much Higher

A retirement crisis that sees most Americans poorly, if at all, financially prepared to leave the workplace could see improvement if default savings rates were pushed higher — not just a little, but a lot higher. So says new...