There was big news yesterday for credit unions as the House Financial Services Committee approved the CHOICE Act to overhaul Dodd-Frank. League sources reported that the Durbin repeal is still in the bill with no amendment to strip it out. The...
LSCU & Affiliates is now accepting items for the annual Silent Auction at the 2017 Southeastern Credit Union Conference & Expo (SCUCE). in Orlando, FL. The Silent Auction is one of the League’s premiere fundraising events benefitting LSCU...
LSCU Directors Kevin Johnson and Alvin J. Cowans were recently nominated as candidates for re-election to the LSCU Board of Directors for the two Region 2, Category 3 seats (one open seat and one newly created) in Florida. Johnson, who serves as...
This week in Washington sees a victory for credit unions. On Sunday night, Congressional negotiators came to an agreement on a spending bill that will fund the government through the end of September. Included in this agreement is $248 million for...
Credit unions are gaining momentum with the populous according to CUNA Mutual’s Trends Report for April, reflecting 870,000 new memberships in the first two months of this year. Memberships rose 0.49 percent in February and 4.3 percent during the...
Another day, another credit union victory! Yesterday, the Florida Senate passed HB 1347 by Rep. Shev Jones (D-West Park) by a 37-0 vote. The companion bill, SB 1620 by Sen. Bobby Powell (D-Riviera Beach), was substituted for the House bill, so that...
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. National Economic Director Gary Cohn revealed Trump’s planned tax reform at the White House yesterday, in what is being referred to as “the biggest individual and business tax cut in American history.” The...
Each year, one of the most anticipated events of the Southeast Credit Union Conference & Expo (SCUCE) is the Advocacy Luncheon. In the past several years we have heard from great guest speakers, including Sen. Bill Nelson, Congressman Bill...
Federal government funding expires on Friday at midnight, which means Congress is under the gun to enact a new resolution to fund the government past this deadline, and hopefully to remain in place through the end of the fiscal year (Sept. 30). We...
Shared branching had a very healthy year in Alabama in 2016. Credit union members are using the services while more credit unions are seeing the value in shared branching. The Credit Union Service Centers (CUSC) of Alabama will pay a patronage...