by GrafWebCUSO | Dec 1, 2017 | News
While the CFPB grabs headlines, another independent U.S. regulator is quietly locked in its own showdown with the Trump administration. The Federal Housing Finance Agency is in deep discussions with the White House over what to do with more than $7 billion owed...
by GrafWebCUSO | Dec 1, 2017 | News
In a move that is seldom taken by credit unions, the $213 million Florida State University Credit Union announced Thursday the firing of a long-time employee who allegedly embezzled $825,000 over three years. The Tallahassee-based credit union said Kevin Lee, 33,...
by GrafWebCUSO | Dec 1, 2017 | News
A bipartisan group of House members on Friday introduced a resolution to nullify the CFPB’s payday lending rules. The rules, issued in October, but only published on Nov. 17, would crack down on an industry that critics contend charge exorbitant interest rates...
by GrafWebCUSO | Dec 1, 2017 | News
About a quarter of financial institutions haven’t formed CECL implementation committees yet, according to new data from risk software company Sageworks. The Raleigh, North Carolina-based firm polled 172 financial institution chief credit officers, chief...
by GrafWebCUSO | Nov 30, 2017 | News
A bitcoin IRA? What is the world coming to? The cryptocurrency has become so popular—despite fears of instability, possible illegality and potential loss—that its market value is now courting $10,000, even as industry heavyweights...
by GrafWebCUSO | Nov 30, 2017 | News
“Did you know email can be delivered faster than regular mail?” Yep, that was a sentence from a presentation about email marketing recently. Unbelievable. It’s 2017 people! A lot of us have a “Love/Hate” relationship with email. We hate...