The House voted Thursday night to pass an updated HEROES Act COVID-19 relief legislation. CUNA wrote to House leadership Wednesday noting areas it supports, specific concerns and additional suggestions. “We appreciate the swift response that [...]
CUNA and Credit Union Legislative Action Council (CULAC), its federal PAC, announced Thursday support for four incumbents in tight November races for the U.S. House of Representatives with targeted political advertising. For over 40 [...]
Some empty nesters are finding they are just one app away from turning their spare room into a side gig. According to an AARP study, 37% of working consumers age 50-64 have plans to work [...]
When it’s time to sell your home, you can only hope for a quick and easy process. Unfortunately, the fish aren’t biting. What’s the deal? If you’re having trouble selling your [...]
The stars have aligned and finally, instead of just watching those house hunting shows, it’s your turn to being the search for your first home. You are in good company. According to the National [...]
Congress is back in session this week and both the House and Senate will hear testimony from CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney as he delivers the bureau's semiannual report. NAFCU is also continuing its work [...]
As the House and Senate are both now back in session, NAFCU today will launch its 2018 priorities on Capitol Hill identifying the top credit union issues before Congress this year. NAFCU unveiled its 2018 [...]
The House is slated to vote today on a resolution offered under the Congressional Review Act to disapprove of a final CFPB arbitration rule that is currently set to take effect Sept. 18. The House [...]
CUNA is engaged with several activities on Capitol Hill this week, the last week both the House and Senate are in session before both chambers recess until June 5. CUNA Chief Advocacy Office Ryan Donovan [...]
According to the Internet, everyone loves lists. Hey, you're here, right? Well, I just bought a house and have been learning a LOT. Here's my Top 5. Oh, and they apply to your credit union, [...]
Thirty-eight percent of millennials anticipate buying a home in the next five years, according to Fall 2015 research from Raddon Financial Group. Of this younger home-buying group, 71 percent will be first-time buyers – many of [...]
CFPB Director Richard Cordray received a letter Monday signed by a bipartisan group of 329 House members urging the bureau to use its Dodd-Frank Act authority to exempt credit unions from certain rulemakings. The letter, [...]
Reps. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., and Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., along with 60 other House members sent a NAFCU-endorsed letter to the Federal Accounting Standards Board to raise concerns about how its proposed current expected credit loss [...]
Congress has passed legislation that retroactively extends qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) from Traditional and Roth IRAs to January 1, 2015, and makes the provision permanent going forward. The provision—which allows IRA owners and beneficiaries [...]
The House, voting 245-174, yesterday passed the NAFCU-backed “Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act,” which now awaits Senate action. H.R. 1155 would establish a review process for regulations and [...]
