McWatters Officially Named Chair of NCUA by Trump

President Donald J. Trump designated Acting National Credit Union Administration Board Chairman J. Mark McWatters as the tenth Chairman of the NCUA Board, effective June 23. “I thank President Trump for this honor and the trust he has placed in me,”...

Making Financial Services Frictionless: ACUC Onsite

Mark Sievewright presenting “Becoming Digital: The Path to Frictionless Financial Services” at CUNA’s ACUC in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS – Early in his session at CUNA’s America’s Credit Union Conference Monday, Mark Sievewright read a...

Credit Union Goes to Video to Connect With Members

Hackensack, N.J. based Vidyo, announced the $2.6 billion Vernon Hills, Ill. Baxter Credit Union is deploying its cloud-based video collaboration technology to connect members with several video-only branches in 2017. BCU plans to use video to remotely link members,...

Lawmaker Fears Unfair Fintech Biz Lending Practices

A Democratic member of the House Financial Services Committee is asking five fintech companies for detailed information about their services to small businesses, disclosures and services to minority-owned firms. In asking for the information, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver...