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ARLINGTON, Va.–NAFCU has sent a pair of letter to Congress in opposition to two proposals included in the House’s Budget Resolution package, the Build Back Better Act: a provision related to IRS reporting requirements and a provision that would give the Small Business Administrations’ (SBA) authority to make direct loans.

NEW YORK—A third of U.S. consumers who used buy now, pay later services have fallen behind on one or more payments, and 72% of those said their credit score declined, a new Credit Karma study has revealed.

STOCKTON, Calif.–Members of FinancialCenter Credit Union have voted in favor of merging into Valley Strong Credit Union in Bakersfield, with the CEO of one of the CUs—which has 16% capital–issuing a statement on why it felt it couldn’t “go it alone.”

WASHINGTON–A new report from the Tax Foundation claims the elimination of the credit union tax exemption would “support sound tax policy” and suggests CUs no longer resemble the institutions granted that exemption in the 1934 Federal Credit Union Act.

WASHINGTON—As part of a government-wide effort to counter ransomware, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced a set of actions focused on disrupting criminal networks and virtual currency exchanges responsible for laundering ransoms.