PODCAST: Celebrating a legacy

PODCAST: Celebrating a legacy

The African American Credit Union Coalition (AACUC) will hold its 25th Anniversary Annual Conference July 16-20 at the Atlanta Evergreen Resort. The theme of the silver anniversary event is legacy, which reflects the unique path [...]

Putting interchange data to work

Putting interchange data to work

CUNA and the American Association of Credit Union Leagues released an interchange study on Monday. It contains great data that reinforces the arguments we’ve made all along, and CUNA and Leagues spent this week [...]

Treasury announces Andrea Gacki as new FinCEN director

Treasury announces Andrea Gacki as new FinCEN director

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced Thursday the appointment of Andrea Gacki as director of the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Gacki presently serves as the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets [...]

FOM expansion would help communities hurt by bank closures

FOM expansion would help communities hurt by bank closures

Credit unions cannot match the sheer number of bank branches but stand ready, willing, and able to help reverse the negative trends that for-profit banks have put into motion, CUNA wrote to a Senate Banking, [...]

CUNA files SCOTUS brief supporting CFPB under appropriations

CUNA files SCOTUS brief supporting CFPB under appropriations

CUNA, the American Association of Credit Union Leagues, and National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Monday in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) v. Community Financial Services [...]

‘Something greater is always possible’

‘Something greater is always possible’

"What else is possible?" Devin Henderson believes successful people, leaders, and teams consistently ask themselves that question. The motivational speaker spread the message that "something greater is always possible" to CUNA Management School students Monday [...]

CUNA releases study on true impact of interchange regulation

CUNA releases study on true impact of interchange regulation

As big box retailers push Congress to impose more government mandates on card payment systems and interchange, a new study reveals the continued negative impact of interchange legislation on consumers, small businesses, and financial services [...]

CUNA states concerns with CFPB ‘abusive practices’ rulemaking

CUNA states concerns with CFPB ‘abusive practices’ rulemaking

CUNA joined with five other national trade organizations to express concern with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s statement on abusive acts or policies – including the deviation from statutory requirements and failure to provide clear [...]

3rd annual #ILoveMyCreditUnion is almost here

3rd annual #ILoveMyCreditUnion is almost here

Credit union champions are taking to social media on Friday, July 28, to tell the world why they love their credit union. The Illinois Credit Union League is back for their third annual social media [...]

Vado talks labor conditions in latest Economic Update

Vado talks labor conditions in latest Economic Update

CUNA Senior Economist Ligia Vado discusses the current conditions of the labor market in the June 2023 CUNA Economic Update.     “In our most recent economic forecast for credit unions and the economy, we updated our [...]

Mortgages, home equity loans lead CU loan growth in April

Mortgages, home equity loans lead CU loan growth in April

Credit union loans outstanding increased 0.7% in April, compared to a 0.8% increase in March 2023, and a 1.7% increase in April 2022, according to CUNA’s latest Monthly Credit Union Estimates. [...]

June auto lending report features recategorized loan data

June auto lending report features recategorized loan data

The June edition of CUNA’s Auto Lending Monthly Report contains updated data from Equifax, which revised the historical data going back to 2005. The revision affected the total outstanding balances and originations for banks [...]

Updated data on the credit union difference

Updated data on the credit union difference

We released the first Credit Union Auto Lending Monthly Report in February, new analysis on the dollars and cents behind the credit union difference. This report—and subsequent ones—are based on the dataset of [...]

PODCAST: The state of phishing

PODCAST: The state of phishing

As traditional phishing attacks become less effective due to organizations’ stronger internal controls, cybercriminals are turning to targeted business email compromise attacks. For these criminals, it’s all about securing credentials, according to John Moeller [...]