The Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Financial Trend Analysis focusing on patterns and trends identified in Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data linked to Elder Financial Exploitation (EFE) – the illegal or improper [...]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should reject a request to require an automated opt-out mechanism on every call with an artificial or prerecorded message, including those made to cell phones, America’s Credit Unions and [...]
Members of the House of Representatives are scheduled to be back in their districts this week after passing a foreign aid supplemental appropriations package over the weekend, while the Senate will be in session to [...]
Political attacks against legitimate financial fees continue to gain traction. It’s not surprising during an election year, but policies that lump in the cost of doing business with for-profit measures are incredibly bad for [...]
America’s Credit Unions’ advocacy team was on Capitol Hill Thursday for an event celebrating April as Financial Capability Month. Credit unions do so much to support the financial well-being and resiliency of their members [...]
The House Financial Services Committee voted 28-22 to advance a resolution to repeal the CFPB’s credit card late fee final rule via the Congressional Review Act. America’s Credit Unions strongly supports the resolution, [...]
Draft data privacy legislation addresses several areas of interest for America’s Credit Unions, but it falls short of addressing many credit union concerns, President/CEO Jim Nussle wrote to a House Energy and Commerce [...]
Locally owned and operated credit union GTE Financial was among 168 credit unions nationwide named as winners of the prestigious Diamond Awards – the Marketing & Business Development Council’s annual marketing excellence competition. GTE Financial [...]
America’s Credit Unions sent a letter to the CFPB vehemently opposing the bureau’s proposed rule related to overdraft fees as it will harm community-based credit unions and their members. The proposal would amend [...]
America’s Credit Unions President and CEO Jim Nussle presented Crystal Long, president and CEO of GECU in El Paso, Texas, with the 2024 Greg Inman Servant Leadership Award. Long received the recognition during the [...]
The CFPB Tuesday issued its final rule to drastically reduce the safe harbor threshold credit card issuers can charge for late payments to $8. While the rule only applies to issuers that have over 1 [...]
Today, the America’s Credit Unions Transition Board of Directors held its first official meeting since the launch of the new trade association Jan. 1. The board, led by Chair Brian Schools and Vice Chair [...]
Today, Jim Nussle, who will serve as President/CEO of America’s Credit Unions beginning Jan. 1, 2024, announced the Executive Leadership Team for the new association. Nussle has appointed Jill Tomalin to serve as [...]
Members of the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) have voted in favor and approved the merger to form America’s Credit Unions. This merger is a historic [...]
