by GrafWebCUSO | Sep 14, 2016 | News
While most financial indicators provided good news for credit unions, membership in small credit unions continued to drop during the second quarter of the year, NCUA said Wednesday. Nationally, median loan growth in federally insured credit unions was 4.3% during the...
by GrafWebCUSO | Sep 13, 2016 | News
CU Times Executive Editor Michael Ogden and Washington, D.C. correspondent David Baumann discuss the latest development regarding the House Financial Services Committee approving H.R. 5983, Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s (R-Texas) plan to overhaul the Dodd-Frank...
by GrafWebCUSO | Sep 13, 2016 | News
The House Financial Services Committee Tuesday approved H.R. 5983, Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s plan to overhaul the Dodd-Frank Act and the rest of the financial regulatory regime after Democrats moved to shut off debate, saying the bill was so wrongheaded that...
by GrafWebCUSO | Sep 13, 2016 | News
For many years, credit unions have been recognized as leaders in youth financial education. With in-school branches, experiential learning programs like Financial Reality Fairs and youth savings accounts, credit unions have led the way to help our nation’s youth...
by GrafWebCUSO | Sep 13, 2016 | News
Six credit unions, a corporate credit union and 20 banks throughout the nation were victimized by a fraud ring that operated out of a Massachusetts apartment. Charles Washington of Dorchester, and an unknown number of co-conspirators obtained account numbers and...
by GrafWebCUSO | Sep 13, 2016 | News
CUNA’s political action committee, CULAC, made its first independent expenditure of the fall campaign, recently spending $250,000 on an ad for Rep. Brad Ashford (D-Neb.), considered one of the most vulnerable House Democrats. PACs may make such contributions on...