CBM extension needed to avoid litigation during recovery

CBM extension needed to avoid litigation during recovery

CUNA supports bipartisan Senate efforts to extend the Covered Business Method (CBM) review program at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), it wrote to Sens. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) Tuesday. [...]

Foundation collaborates on state level response to disasters

Foundation collaborates on state level response to disasters

The National Credit Union Foundation has been working closely with state credit union foundations and leagues, specifically with the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues, Louisiana Credit Union League, and the Cornerstone Credit Union Foundation [...]

Mapping a way to insights

Mapping a way to insights

The best way to understand a process isn’t by going to the experts who designed it. Rather, it’s by asking the people who use it. PenFed Credit Union in Tysons, Va., recently completed [...]

FHFA’s Calabria writes to CUNA, leagues on refinance fee

FHFA’s Calabria writes to CUNA, leagues on refinance fee

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mark Calabria responded to letters from CUNA and all 35 state Leagues expressing concerns over the proposed GSE refinance fee. CUNA wrote to the agency August 14 and followed [...]

Calls from CUs to members still being erroneously blocked

Calls from CUs to members still being erroneously blocked

Calls from credit unions and other legitimate businesses are still being blocked or mislabeled as spam, CUNA and other organizations wrote to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Monday. The letter was sent in response to [...]

CFPB report examines early impact of pandemic on consumer credit

CFPB report examines early impact of pandemic on consumer credit

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report Monday examining the early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumer credit. The report found that consumers have not experienced significant increases in delinquency or other [...]

New MAP campaign focuses on ensuring CU members vote

New MAP campaign focuses on ensuring CU members vote

November’s election is 67 days away and CUNA’s latest Member Activation Program (MAP) Campaign is calling on all credit unions to urge members to vote. Sending members to CreditUnionsVote.com gives them information [...]

CFPB issues analysis of HMDA data points

CFPB issues analysis of HMDA data points

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Thursday issued a new Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) analysis of the 2019 HMDA Data. This data article is the second in a series and follows the first article [...]

Agencies issue statement on BSA due diligence requirements for PEPs

Agencies issue statement on BSA due diligence requirements for PEPs

NCUA, along with the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint statement clarifying that Bank Secrecy Act ([...]

CUNA’s Salem talks importance of credit union DEI mission

CUNA’s Salem talks importance of credit union DEI mission

CUNA Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Samira Salem spoke to Associations Now recently about CUNA’s plans to ensure DEI is a consistent part of the credit union movement, CUNA’s report to [...]

Supporting members in wake of derecho

Supporting members in wake of derecho

Iowa credit unions are rallying to support their friends and neighbors affected by the recent derecho, a rapidly moving thunderstorm complex that swept through the state earlier this month. The storm flattened 10 million acres [...]

Court rules FCUs can access federal courts

Court rules FCUs can access federal courts

Credit unions saw a victory in court Thursday as the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fourth District ruled in favor of Navy FCU in Navy FCU v. LTD Financial Services. CUNA filed a [...]