Credit Union Industry News & Updates

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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CREDIT UNIONS?

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

AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). SUMMARY: On March 11, 2026, the NCUA (or `agency') published a proposed rule to solicit comments on ways to improve and update the vital records preservation program regulation and accompanying guidelines. Based on...

Dependent Care and Board Member Expense Reimbursement

AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). SUMMARY: The NCUA Board is amending its regulations concerning the reimbursement of reasonable expenses for federal credit union (FCU) officials. The amendment revises the definition of compensation to exclude...

Preemption-Federal Credit Union Non-Interest Charges and Fees

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction A. Background Federal credit unions (FCUs) routinely rely on third parties for a range of products and services.[1] In particular, third parties are crucial to FCUs' provision of payment cards, which are vital and deeply...

CU Industry Watching After Varo Money Applies for Charter

Two credit union industry groups are keeping a close eye on one startup’s recent bank charter application to see whether fintechs that want to compete on their turf will land on the same regulatory playing field. The firm, Varo Money, is a San Francisco-based...

Former CU CEO Pleads Guilty to $466,000 Bank Fraud

It took federal investigators nearly four years to catch up to a former president/CEO who pleaded guilty Wednesday to 17 years of bank fraud that led to a loss of more than $466,000 at a Texas credit union. Susan Margaret Garza, 60, admitted in a U.S. District Court...

Credit Union Countersues Former Longtime CEO

When Gordon Simmons grew the Service Credit Union from $292 million to nearly $2.8 billion over his 20-year tenure, he was considered one of the industry’s most successful CEOs. But starting in 2015, Simmons rapidly fell from grace after starting an affair with...

Can Employers Fire Racists? Should They?

Is racism sufficient cause to fire someone from their job? In the wake of the August 12 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which three were killed and dozens injured, that’s the question buzzing in the brains of employers all over the...

U.S. Households Borrow at Fastest Pace of Expansion, Fed Says

(Bloomberg) -- American households increased their borrowing over the past year at the fastest pace of the U.S. economic expansion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Consumer debt levels rose 4.5% in the year through June to $12.84 trillion, data...

6 Ways AI is a-Bot to Transform the Financial Service Industry

Chatbots and artificial intelligence are transforming every industry, but their greatest influence may come in the finance services industry by helping raise consumers’ financial IQ and making smarter, more calculated decisions. That is one position of Beerud...