Despite popular belief, sometimes a good television show teaches viewers valuable life truths. According to Gwen Moran’s recent article from Fast Company, when it comes to Ted Lasso, a popular comedy show about an [...]
During the final day of NAFCU’s Congressional Caucus, several lawmakers shared policy insights on the economic recovery and what can be done to ensure financial institutions, like credit unions, are being given the tools [...]
NCUA Board Member Rodney Hood spoke Tuesday at NAFCU’s 2021 Congressional Caucus and shared insights on the importance of transparent communication between members, credit unions, and regulators and the impact effective communication has on [...]
Sessions from NAFCU's Congressional Caucus began yesterday with welcome remarks and an industry update from NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger, followed by a special Q&A with keynote and political icon James Carville. [...]
An independent study commissioned by NAFCU released today examines the benefits brought to consumers, businesses and the U.S. economy by the credit union federal income tax exemption. Specifically, the study found that removing the [...]
On Thursday, September 9, 2021 the Biden administration issued a plan and some Executive Orders relative to the pandemic, including an Order requiring COVID-19 vaccines for certain workers such as “federal contractors.” This Executive Order [...]
Kicking off this Sunday, NAFCU’s Congressional Caucus will provide attendees with the opportunity to share their credit unions’ story and play an active role in advocating for the industry’s 125 million members. Of [...]
At the end of July, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) published a request for information (RFI) in the Federal Register on decentralized finance (DeFi), digital assets , distributed ledger technology (DLT), and other things that [...]
In a recent interview from McKinsey, author and social psychologist Vanessa Bohns discusses failing to recognize our innate ability to influence, resulting in missed opportunities or the misusing of power. In Bohns’ book, You Have [...]
NAFCU works to grow and strengthen credit unions by providing federal advocacy, education, and compliance assistance at an unprecedented level of service, passion, and excellence. With several key policy items being discussed within Washington, our [...]
NAFCU Regulatory Affairs Counsel James Akin Wednesday wrote to the Federal Reserve in response to its proposed amendments and modifications to Regulation J pertaining to the release of the FedNow service to offer support for [...]
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas upheld the Payment Provisions in the CFPB’s 2017 payday lending rule and marked the effective date as June 13, 2022. In response, CFPB [...]
I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! Speaking of laboring, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been working hard on a number of criminal cases over the past few months. Today’[...]
Reps. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., today introduced the Member Business Loan Expansion Act, NAFCU-sought bipartisan legislation that would allow the NCUA the flexibility to provide credit unions with relief from the 15-year [...]
NAFCU Vice President of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler Thursday wrote to the House Financial Services Committee to provide the facts in response to bank lobbyists' forceful opposition of legislation to allow credit unions to add [...]
