Home Equity Loan Fraud Hits Navy FCU

An Atlanta business owner was sentenced to three years in prison last week for running a home equity loan fraud scheme that led to losses of nearly $3 million for the $82 billion Navy Federal Credit Union. U. S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton also ordered Thomas...

Square: Big Name in Fintech Files for Bank Status

San Francisco-based Square, which offers card readers and a payments app, has confirmed to CU Times that is has filed an application for an industrial loan charter with the FDIC.  The company is the latest in a string of fintechs to make the move toward bank...