Former Washington CEO Faces Theft & Arson Charges

A former president/CEO of a Washington credit union who allegedly stole more than $350,000 and burned bank documents during an NCUA examination will be arraigned in a county court on July 31 for theft and arson, according to police and prosecutors. Krista Stephanie...

House Democrats Accuse Republicans of Harassing CFPB

Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee are harassing the CFPB in an effort to undermine the agency’s work, committee Democrats charge in a new staff report. “Republicans in Congress have been clamoring to weaken and ultimately destroy the...

‘Stunning’ Increase in Data Breaches in 2017

The amount of information exposed due to data breaches has hit a terrifying new high-water mark, according to findings released this week from Richmond, Virginia-based cyberanalytics firm Risk Based Security.   Between January 1 and June 30 of this year, there...

Is Millennial Household Formation on the Rise?

Since the end of the recession, millennials have been moving out of their parents’ basements and renting, but now they too want to buy, First American Financial Corp.’s chief economist Mark Fleming tells GlobeSt.com. In a recent report from...