by GrafWebCUSO | Apr 20, 2017 | News
Major rules proposed by financial regulators, such as the NCUA, would have to be approved by Congress before they could take effect, according to a draft of the Financial Services Chairman’s Financial CHOICE Act released Wednesday. The draft, totaling almost 600...
by GrafWebCUSO | Apr 20, 2017 | News
Deregulation is now a word my teenage sons understand. They’ve heard it enough from the news and my mouth. What they don’t understand is how a washing machine works. But that’s another issue for another time. There’s an excitement around the...
by GrafWebCUSO | Apr 20, 2017 | News
NCUA Acting Chairman J. Mark McWatters said Thursday that he remains optimistic that the agency will be able to fold the temporary corporate stabilization fund into the Share Insurance Fund this year. “I’ve not seen anything on the accounting side that...
by GrafWebCUSO | Apr 20, 2017 | News
Leominster Credit Union will distribute a $110,000 grant to low-income homebuyers in Massachusetts who are buying a home for the first time or are a displaced homemaker. Eligible homebuyers can receive up to $11,000 in down payment and closing cost assistance. The...
by GrafWebCUSO | Apr 19, 2017 | News
A fair housing organization is claiming the $3.7 billion Bellco Credit Union discriminated against women by denying them mortgages because they were on maternity leave, according to a federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver last month. In a statement...
by GrafWebCUSO | Apr 19, 2017 | News
Jeb Hensarling, House Financial Services Committee Chairman, said Wednesday that he will hold a hearing to discuss the Financial Choice Act, his bill to replace Dodd-Frank, on April 26. The Financial Services Committee approved the Financial Creating Hope...