by GrafWebCUSO | Jan 9, 2017 | News
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday appointed Peter Barrett of Barrett Capitol Strategies and Chelsea Pizzola, formerly of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, to his NCUA landing team. They will join former NCUA Chairman Michael Fryzel on the team....
by GrafWebCUSO | Jan 9, 2017 | News
The first week of 2017 brought a number of new hire and promotion announcements from credit unions across the country. Plus, a Florida credit union executive received a business woman of the year honor. WEST The $618 million Clark County Credit Union in Las Vegas...
by GrafWebCUSO | Jan 9, 2017 | News
The American Dream of home ownership is fading fast, particularly with the rebound of home prices across the nation. Only 63.5% of U.S. households own their own homes, which is down substantially from the 69% of U.S. households who owned their home in 2004, according...
by GrafWebCUSO | Jan 9, 2017 | News
In 2017, criminals will increasingly target consumers’ personally identifiable information data in the payments ecosystem and at financial institutions, according to the Palo Alto, Calif.-based Hewlett Packard Enterprise security experts. “Retailers are...
by GrafWebCUSO | Jan 9, 2017 | News
Congress—and not the OCC—should decide whether fintech firms should be eligible for charters as special-purpose banks, two Democratic senators said Monday. In a letter to Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry, Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jeff Merkley...
by GrafWebCUSO | Jan 9, 2017 | News
A new survey from financial services company Country Financial shows millennials aren’t very optimistic about the U.S. economy or even their own financial futures, but some industry pros say that translates into huge opportunities for credit unions. The...
