PODCAST: Highlights from the 2019 CUNA Tech/OME Conference

PODCAST: Highlights from the 2019 CUNA Tech/OME Conference

The co-located 2019 CUNA Technology Council and Operations & Member Experience Council Conferences in Chicago featured many highlights, including a preconference Security Summit and high-level sessions for technology and operations leaders. Nearly 100 technology leaders [...]

Work together to address risk

Work together to address risk

A successful enterprise risk management (ERM) program requires the board, senior leadership team, and committees to work together to identify and mitigate an organization’s risks by ensuring processes are in place and are followed [...]

HMDA changes could reduce costs for 1,500 credit unions

HMDA changes could reduce costs for 1,500 credit unions

CUNA recommended additional amendments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) transaction coverage thresholds that would further relieve unnecessary burdens for credit unions. CUNA filed an initial comment letter [...]

CFPB announces taskforce on federal consumer financial law

CFPB announces taskforce on federal consumer financial law

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Friday announced it will establish a taskforce to examine the regulatory environment and recommend ways to improve federal consumer financial laws. The taskforce will work independently from the [...]

Nominations received for CUNA Board elections

Nominations received for CUNA Board elections

CUNA has confirmed receipt of three nominations for the Board elections. The deadline for nominations and seconds is Nov. 6.  In contested elections, voting will begin Nov. 12 and close Dec. 18. Nomination information can [...]

Executive order is strong step against regulator overreach

Executive order is strong step against regulator overreach

President Donald Trump Wednesday signed an executive order requiring federal regulatory agencies seek comment on major federal guidance and better explain the guidance to the public. “Today’s executive order is a strong step toward [...]

Latest CFPB leadership arguments demonstrate need for commission

Latest CFPB leadership arguments demonstrate need for commission

The latest back-and-forth between Congress and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is further proof that a bipartisan, multi-member commission is needed, CUNA believes. House Democrats have filed an amicus brief supporting the current structure [...]

Enhance your recruitment strategy in a record-breaking economy

Enhance your recruitment strategy in a record-breaking economy

With one of the best economies in 50 years – including record low unemployment and higher wages – you may be wondering how to continue to attract and retain employees.  “Engaged employees are the bedrock of the [...]

Following POLITICO Insight piece, CUs see renewed traction on NDAA

Following POLITICO Insight piece, CUs see renewed traction on NDAA

When the Capitol Hill-focused publication POLITICO published an interview with CUNA Chief Advocacy Officer Ryan Donovan last month discussing a narrowly discussed section in the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) last month, offices [...]

PODCAST: Implement a ‘cohesion culture’

PODCAST: Implement a ‘cohesion culture’

Your culture is the pulse of everything your organization does. It represents the way employees work to produce a product or service. “Culture eats strategy every time—for breakfast, lunch, and dinner—and  culture is [...]

SAFE Banking Act shows benefits of financial sector cooperation

SAFE Banking Act shows benefits of financial sector cooperation

Last week’s historic House vote to advance the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act was an example of what can happen when the financial services sector works together, CUNA Chief Advocacy Officer Ryan [...]