DELRAY BEACH, Fla.–iTHINK Financial Credit Union said it has begun offering Early Direct Deposit to members, a free service that provides members with access to their paycheck up to one day early.
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JACKSON, Miss.–Hope Credit Union said it has entered into a partnership with New Orleans-based Canseco Properties in an expansion deal that will sustain affordable grocery stores with healthy food options and bring jobs to underserved communities.
NEW YORK–Inclusiv/Mortgage, a unit of Inclusiv, said it is expanding in several areas, including higher LTV ITIN lending, a third-party origination partnership, and the pilot launch of operations in Puerto Rico.
PARIS—Binance has been granted approval from regulators to operate its cryptocurrency exchange in France.
WASHINGTON–The credit union-supported “Expanding Financial Access for the Underserved Act” (HR 7003) passed out of a House committee earlier this week but only after banking groups across the country raised objections.
MADRID, Spain— Fast-paced developments in decentralized finance (DeFi) and crypto assets necessitate a proactive and forward-looking regulatory and supervisory approach, Pablo Hernández de Cos, chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and governor of the Bank of Spain, is warning.
WASHINGTON—Credit unions continue to pressure Congress to include legislation that would allow FCUs to serve cannabis businesses in the America COMPETES Act.
MADISON, Wis.- CUNA Mutual Group is contributing $125,000 toward The ACCOSCA Academy, a project of the African Confederation of Cooperative Savings & Credit Associations (ACCOSCA).
SNELLVILLE, Ga.–As part of its Commitment to Change Conversation initiative, the African American Credit Union Coalition said it will host a webinar today titled “Pandemic Habits that Stick.”
WASHINGTON–One month after launching new YourMoneyFurther.com website, Credit Union Awareness—which oversees CUNA’s “Open Your Eyes” campaign—reported it is seeing a “significant increase” in “consumer consideration of credit unions.”