Last night, House Financial Services and General Government approved its 2018 budget, but both of the credit union amendments were offered and then withdrawn at the request of the sponsor. At the marathon markup, which lasted until 11:40 p.m., Rep...
A whitepaper discussing how credit unions can effectively use content marketing to attract and retain members has been published by the Southeast Regional Credit Union Schools (SRCUS). What makes content marketing so intriguing, especially for...
Data breaches are a common occurrence these days – Identity Theft Resource Center reports a record of 1,093 data breaches in 2016 with social security numbers released in 52 percent of those and credit and debit card details in 13.2 percent. Those...
The LSCU advocacy team facilitated in-district roundtables with members of Florida’s congressional delegation. Gold Coast Federal Credit Union hosted Congresswoman Lois Frankel in West Palm Beach and additional credit union advocates from...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced four additions to its Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC) Friday. The council advises the bureau on regulating financial products and services, including how its actions affect credit unions...
The Alabama Credit Union Association, an affiliate of the LSCU, announces its endorsement of Republican Luther Strange for United States Senate. The LSCU Board of Directors formally voted to endorse Strange in their June 13 board meeting. Strange...
In his first two weeks as Chairman of the NCUA Board, Mark McWatters made a bold opening move in a letter to the CFPB yesterday asking for exemption for federally insured credit unions from the examinations and enforcement provisions of section 1025...
West Coast Federal Employees Credit Union (WCFECU), in Sarasota, FL, has merged with USF Federal Credit Union (USF FCU) in Tampa, FL. The combined financial institutions have more than $600 million in total assets and more than 62,000 members. The...
Registration is now open for the November 2017 session of the Credit Union Development Education (DE) training, which takes place Nov. 1 – 8 in Madison, WI. Attendees of the National Credit Union Foundation’s (the Foundation) six-day total immersion...
CUNA staff attended a roundtable discussion hosted by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy to discuss needed changes to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rules. During the meeting, CUNA provided several credit union...