by GrafWebCUSO | Sep 1, 2016 | News
As meteorologists track several storms threatening Hawaii, Florida and part of the east coast, it is a good time for credit unions to review plans for possible emergencies and business disruption. In a June 2009 letter, the NCUA urged all federally insured credit...
by GrafWebCUSO | Sep 1, 2016 | News
Credit union and banking groups appealed on Wednesday to a federal interagency regulatory panel for a six-month delay in enforcing new rules designed to protect service members from predatory lenders. Last week officials with CUNA and the American Bankers Association...
by GrafWebCUSO | Sep 1, 2016 | News
Overall home lending in the second quarter fell from a year ago as the tide continued to ebb on refinancing, according a report released Thursday by ATTOM Data Solutions. The Irvine, Calif., company’s latest quarterly report showed 1.9 million loans were...
by GrafWebCUSO | Aug 31, 2016 | News
After the first plane hit the North Twin Tower in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, Kam Wong, then the CFO of the $2.5 billion Municipal Credit Union, decided that all employees must evacuate the headquarters building just a few yards from the Ground Zero site....
by GrafWebCUSO | Aug 31, 2016 | News
The nation’s community banks are joining credit unions in appealing to Congress to provide regulatory relief for small financial institutions. The letter follows on the heels of a letter CFPB Director Richard Cordray sent to senators who had requested that the...
by GrafWebCUSO | Aug 31, 2016 | News
The rise in cybercrime, coupled with a cybersecurity skills shortage, led Albany (N.Y.) Law School to offer the first online Master of Science in Legal Studies in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy. “Cybersecurity has become as much of a legal and policy issue as it...