Credit Union Industry News & Updates

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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CREDIT UNIONS?

Proposed New and Renewal of Agency Information Collections; Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget. SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is submitting the following...

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...

Former CEO Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Christine Darley, former president/CEO of a merged Nebraska credit union, will be sentenced in December after she pleaded guilty to a felony count of bank fraud Thursday in U.S. District Court in Lincoln. In exchange for her guilty plea, prosecutors dropped five bank...

San Diego County CU Inks $500,000 Naming Rights Deal

The $8.1 billion San Diego County Credit Union will pay $500,000 for the naming rights of a 50-year-old stadium through the end of 2018. San Diego City Council approved the deal Tuesday. The city of San Diego will receive $375,000 and $125,000 will be paid as a...

Court Ruling Allows CU Trade Secrets Lawsuit to Move Forward

A Florida federal judge ruled last month that the $2.3 billion Grow Financial Federal Credit Union has alleged sufficient facts to pursue a lawsuit that the $1.8 billion GTE Financial Federal Credit Union and an employee allegedly misappropriated Grow’s trade...