Credit Union Industry News & Updates

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Sharing is Daring – NACUSO

By Nate AndersonPresident & CEOrekindle The Control Conundrum My local community hosts a Tuesday night “running group.” They run together, then go out for drinks and food afterward. Every week they do this.  I’ve known about this group for over a year and have yet to...

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),...

Irma’s Aftermath Continues to Take Toll on Florida CUs

The aftermath of Hurricane Irma continued to take its toll on Florida’s credit unions, employees and members as they headed into the weekend with no power or running water, the League of Southeastern Credit Unions reported Friday. The greatest challenge for the...

Democrats Press DeVos to Renew Cooperation With CFPB

Calling the CFPB a crucial watchdog of student loan servicers, some 39 congressional Democrats are pressing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to again share servicer information with the consumer agency. “Contrary to the department’s assertion, Congress has...

A Blueprint: How to Win Big on Advocacy

What does modern-day advocacy look like? For certain, it’s still pounding the pavement of Capitol Hill, pressing the flesh, putting in face time with your members of Congress. In my time serving in office, the stories that struck me the most were always those I...

Two Storms, a Data Breach and Some Dreamers Walk Into a Bar

There are times in the credit union industry when it’s just busy – I’m talking wicked busy. The kind of all-hands-on-deck busy when so much is happening at once that you even dream about work and the storms, politics, housing markets and zombies....

Couple Who Managed CU Sentenced for $2 Million Embezzlement

A Minnesota couple, who managed a credit union, were each sentenced Tuesday for embezzling $2 million from it to support three successful businesses. Nkajlo Vangh, 61, was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison, and his wife, True Yang Vangh, 52, was...