CUNA News Archives

4 actionable insights for strategic planning

4 actionable insights for strategic planning

When it’s time for your next strategic planning session, what topics will be top of mind when preparing for your credit union’s future? The 2022-2023 CUNA Environmental Scan (E-Scan) explores trends shaping the [...]

Telling Congress that interchange works

Telling Congress that interchange works

Our work to promote Financial Well-being for All includes pushing back hard against policies that will hurt financial inclusion. The bill from Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Roger Marshall, R-Kan., introduced last week, is one [...]

CUNA opposes legislation giving NCUA third-party vendor authority

CUNA opposes legislation giving NCUA third-party vendor authority

CUNA wrote Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., asking him to reconsider his Improving Cybersecurity of Credit Union Act, a bill that would give NCUA authority over third-party vendors. “We are concerned that extending supervisory authority over [...]

31 credit union champions prevail in early August primaries

31 credit union champions prevail in early August primaries

Thirty-one credit union-friendly candidates won their primary races in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Washington Tuesday. Credit Union Legislative Action Council (CULAC) and state leagues have backed 255 credit union champions with a 97% success [...]

Boost your bench

Boost your bench

Teaching leadership at credit unions can unlock strategic success, buttress succession planning, and build key bench strength at all levels throughout an organization. Although credit unions have training programs to onboard new employees and develop [...]

Alterations to late fee safe harbor would have significant impact

Alterations to late fee safe harbor would have significant impact

The current safe harbor for late fees should remain in place, as any changes would have significant adverse impact on smaller financial institutions and consumers, CUNA wrote to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Monday. [...]

Economic Update covers high-interest rate, high-inflation environment

Economic Update covers high-interest rate, high-inflation environment

CUNA Senior Economist Dawit Kebede discusses the latest economic and credit union system outlook in CUNA's latest Economic Update video. Kebede also issued statements this week on the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee meeting, and [...]

Capitol Hill momentum continues

Capitol Hill momentum continues

Credit unions were successful this week on Capitol Hill after the House passed two CUNA-League backed bills. The SECURE Notarization Act (H.R. 3962) authorizes the use of remote online notarization and creates national standards [...]

CUNA Research: Fed raises rates in line with expectations

CUNA Research: Fed raises rates in line with expectations

CUNA Senior Economist Dawit Kebede issued the following statement following the Federal Reserve meeting today: “The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) increased the federal funds rate by 75 basis points, in line with consensus [...]

2022 International Credit Union Day theme announced

2022 International Credit Union Day theme announced

This year’s theme for International Credit Union (ICU) Day is “Empower Your Financial Future with a Credit Union™,” which will take place on Thursday, Oct. 22. International Credit Union Day festivities include community fundraisers, [...]