The Southeastern Credit Union Foundation has scholarships available. Each chapter will be awarded one $500 scholarship annually to present to the person of their choosing (within LSCU guidelines). Chapters are encouraged to create a “Chapter...
The Senate voted Tuesday to proceed on S. 2155, a truly bipartisan bill that helps community financial institutions. S. 2155 contains a credit union-specific provision to reclassify certain types of real estate loans, freeing up to as much as $4...
Cheryl Lawson, EVP, compliance review for John M. Floyd & Associates (JMFA), recently examined the status of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as it undergoes leadership changes. Her assessment follows. With the recent release of its five...
Register now for the LSCU BSA Workshop being held at Legacy Community FCU in Birmingham, Alabama on April 10. The Bank Secrecy Act Workshop provides an overview of credit union specific BSA regulations and will assist credit unions in remaining...
A bipartisan group of Senate Banking Committee members have released a bill that could offer credit union regulatory relief. This bill includes credit union-specific provisions that provide meaningful regulatory relief, a sign that policymakers are...
Amended 1098s are due to borrowers by March 15, 2018. IRS has finally removed the warning that has been displayed on the agency’s 1098-Mortgage Interest web page since Feb. 9, which stated that their information was not up to date. This...

