The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) plays a critical role in homeownership, yet impediments exist keeping credit unions from accessing the FHA lending program. CUNA submitted a letter Thursday to a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing [...]
Ideal Credit Union’s new Wellbeing Champions Committee launched a five-week step challenge to highlight the importance of daily exercise and encourage participants to walk with a greater purpose at the 10th annual MN Brain [...]
Credit unions and the financial services industry at large are dedicated to protecting customer information along with working to ensure that systems used to provide financial services to Americans are robust, secure and resilient, CUNA [...]
Kim Ngo and her family truly embody the American Dream. Her father fled Vietnam in 1986 to escape persecution. And when Ngo joined him in Marin County, Calif., seven years later, she was a 10-year-old [...]
The House voted Wednesday to pass the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, legislation designed to combat unwanted robocalls via the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Specifically, the TRACED Act is a bipartisan [...]
While CUNA supports aspects of NCUA’s proposed budget, particularly the transparency of the process, CUNA did raise several concerns in its comment letter submitted to the agency Monday. CUNA’s letter follows its presentation [...]
CUNA joined the National Association for State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS) earlier this month for its annual Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-money Laundering (BSA/AML) Certification Conference in Tempe, Ariz. The three-day event featured presentations on [...]
Credit Union National Association (CUNA) today wrote to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman (FDIC) Jelena McWilliams to express concern regarding remarks made during the December 4, 2019, House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) hearing. McWilliams sated [...]
Credit Union National Association (CUNA) today wrote to the Senate Commerce Committee ahead of its hearing to examine legislative proposals to protect consume data. Credit unions are deeply concerned that Americans’ financial wellness is compromised [...]
“We applaud Congress for their bipartisan effort to pass legislation that addresses illegal robocalls and seeks to improve enforcement of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, while recognizing the need to provide recourse to those legitimate [...]
Nikki R. Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2017-2019), will be the Tuesday keynote speaker at the 2020 CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC), February 23-27 in Washington, D.C. This annual conference is [...]
Credit Union National Association (CUNA) today wrote to the House Financial Services Committee ahead of its semiannual testimony hearing from National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Chairman Rodney Hood. CUNA notes that recent NCUA actions have [...]
“We thank the NCUA board for responding quickly to our request and issuing a proposal we believe will significantly benefit credit union members seeking to obtain mortgage credit. Not only will this proposal reduce the [...]
Credit Union National Association (CUNA) released the November 2019 edition of the Economic Update, sponsored by the CUNA Finance Council. Chief Economist Mike Schenk explores the disconnect between continued economic success national and the actual [...]
