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,...

Mobile Engagement Surpasses Internet Banking at Vons CU

Vons Credit Union announced that for the first time, mobile engagement surpassed internet banking interactions. The credit union utilizes the Austin, Texas-based digital banking provider Malauzai’s MalauzaiOne virtual banking solution. According to...

Number of 2017 Breaches Tops 2016 Record High

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 Oct. 18, the breach total also represents 171,588,466 reported exposed records, according to the report from the San...

Credit Unions Roll Out New Names, New Brands

Credit unions in Minnesota and Virginia recently introduced their new name and new brands. Chartered in 1933 in Duluth, Minn., the Duluth Teachers Credit Union changed its name to the Harbor Pointe Credit Union. Harbor Pointe CU was selected as the new name because it...

NWCUA Sets Goal of 75% Market Share by 2025: Onsite at MAXX

NWCUA CEO Troy Stang chats with CU Times Managing Editor Natasha Chilingerian at the MAXX Convention. Spokane, Wash. – In his President’s Address Wednesday morning at the Northwest Credit Union Association’s MAXX Convention, Troy Stang gave leaders...

Mobile Lending Creates New Fraud Risks

As lenders race to make mobile applications easy to use for the next generation of borrowers, they are increasing their risks of fraud losses in new ways, and facing costs that are difficult to predict. Trying to put a number on the cost of fraud and get a better...