CFPB to Exempt More CUs From HELOC Reporting

Credit unions representing nearly a quarter of the nation’s members will get a break from reporting home equity line of credit data to federal regulators under a rule change proposed Monday. CFPB Director Richard Cordray said Monday the agency would issue a...

New Warnings of More Ransomware Attacks On the Way

Newly discovered credit card data breaches point out the need to defend against hackers, who have flooded the dark web with personal information and opened the door to more ransomware attacks. Brian Krebs in his KrebsOnSecurity blog reported about a Missouri-based...

Credit Unions Inch Forward on Consumer Loans

Credit unions gained a slightly larger share of consumer lending in May, as their loans for cars and credit cards grew faster than banks, the Federal Reserve reported Monday. Total consumer credit stood at $3.8 trillion on May 31, up 5.8% from a year earlier,...

Men, Millennials Driving Rise of Fintech

Financial technology is about to go mainstream. That’s according to the EY FinTech Adoption Index, which finds that fintech adoption among consumers has surged globally over the past 18 months—in the U.S. it’s doubled...