The House and Senate are both in session this week. The House will consider, under suspension of the rules, retirement and cannabis related legislation, while the Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 4521, the [...]
The war in Ukraine hits home for many Selfreliance Federal Credit Union employees and members. The Ukrainian founders of the $800 million asset credit union in Chicago were displaced by World War II. Now, the [...]
Systemic bias in the home appraisals exacerbates the homeownership gap, racial wealth gap, and harms long-term U.S. financial security, CUNA wrote to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Thursday. The committee conducted [...]
Content is king, but quantity over quality is not the answer. If a credit union marketer is allocating resources to a strategy that seems to align with their goal, but growth is stagnant—then they [...]
NCUA issued a Risk Alert (22-RISK-01) on the heighted risk of social engineering and phishing attacks that comes with the conflict in Ukraine. According to NCUA, there are raised concerns over potential cyberattacks in the [...]
DoubleCheck Solutions, a fintech company addressing outdated non-sufficient funds (NSF) and overdraft practices with practical software solutions, was presented with the CUNA Technology Council’s Best of Show Award at the 2022 CUNA Governmental Affairs [...]
Overall credit union loans outstanding increased 0.7% in January of 2022, compared to a 0.9% increase in December of 2021 and a 0.09% decrease in January of 2021, according to CUNA’s [...]
Donna Bland views Women’s History Month as a time to reflect on the women who came before her, fighting for civil rights, saving lives, breaking barriers, and overcoming obstacles. “I also think about the [...]
CUNA and other organizations wrote to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Monday to request Treasury’s assistance to reinvigorate coin circulation within the U.S The pandemic has led to decreased circulation of coins over the [...]
Experian’s Future of Fraud Forecast revealed five expectations for 2022. The predictions stem from the fact that the worldwide digital transformation has led to a rapid increase in fraud, with the forecast saying, “fraudsters [...]
Award winners were honored for their achievements in marketing and business development during the CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council Conference, March 9-12, 2022. The winners and their accomplishments will be featured in an upcoming [...]
CUNA strongly supports efforts to help seniors avoid financial exploitation and to encourage responsible decisions regarding financial management, it wrote to the Senate Special Committee on Aging Wednesday. The committee conducted a hearing on building [...]
Credit union service organizations (CUSOs) have elevated the credit union value proposition for nearly 50 years, allowing credit unions to leverage collaboration to foster growth and provide a wider range of services. In this episode [...]
Limiting access to arbitration could deprive consumers of an efficient means to resolve legal disputes, CUNA wrote to House leadership Wednesday. The House is considering CUNA-opposed legislation to effectively ban arbitration provisions in private contracts. [...]
A pair of longtime credit union leaders are spending the week in Europe supporting Ukrainian refugees and credit unions. Bruce Foulke, president/CEO of $3.6 billion asset American Heritage Credit Union in Philadelphia, traveled [...]
