Credit Union Industry News & Updates

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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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House Panel Approves Bills Supported by CU Trades

The House Financial Services Committee on Thursday approved 22 bills, many of which credit union trade groups say would provide their institutions with relief from burdensome regulations. “Most of these bills are aimed at helping smaller banks, credit unions and...

Allegiance Credit Union Board Appoints New CEO

The board of directors of the Allegiance Credit Union in Oklahoma City announced Thursday the appointment of Amy Downs as the next president/CEO. She will succeed the retiring President/CEO Lynette Leonard who led the Oklahoma credit union since 1997. Under...

Hyatt Breached Again; Hawaii, Guam & Puerto Rico Locations Affected

The Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels Corporation identified signs of unauthorized access to payment-card information used at some 41 hotels in 11 countries from March 18, 2017 to July 2, 2017. Five of the Hyatt properties affected by the breach included U.S. locations,...

Leagues Pile On, Joining CUNA’s Equifax Lawsuit

Three credit union leagues have joined CUNA in its lawsuit against Equifax over the credit bureau’s recent data breach that compromised personal financial information for more than 145 million people. The Credit Union Association of New Mexico, the...

Equifax Says Vendor Responsible for Malicious Content on Website

It wasn’t us. Equifax Inc. said it was a third-party vendor that served malicious content on its website and it has taken the page offline to conduct further analysis. “Equifax can confirm that its systems were not compromised and that the reported issue...

Equifax Pulls Web Page Offline After Another Possible Attack

Equifax Inc. pulled one of its customer help pages from its site so the company’s security team can investigate reports of another possible cyber attack. "We are aware of the situation identified on the equifax.com website in thecredit report assistance link,"...