WASHINGTON—The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) was largely unchanged in August, decreasing 0.1 points to 75.7, as survey respondents tempered both their recent pessimism about homebuying conditions and their upward expectations of home price growth, according to the company.
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WASHINGTON—CUNA said it generally supports the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) authority to enforce fair lending laws, but it is urging the agency to ensure this monitoring and enforcement does not generate costly new requirements or increased regulatory burden.
ALEXANDRIA, Va.–NRL Federal Credit Union is changing its name and brand.
OXFORD, N.C.–After 41 years in credit unions, H. Michael Dickerson, president of Oxford Credit Union, is retiring effective Sept. 10.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador has become the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, even though many of its citizens admit they don’t understand it, while at the same time analysts are expressing concerns around financial instability.
WASHINGTON–The Federal Trade Commission has approved final revisions that would bring several rules that implement parts of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in line with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
NEW ORLEANS–Greater New Orleans FCU has selected Dolphin Debit to manage its fleet of ATMs.
SAN ANTONIO–CUToday.info’s free job board continues to add listings, with Security Service FCU the most recent to post open positions, in this case for four different executive-level jobs.
DUBLIN, Ireland–Credit union executives in this country were not informed by Ireland’s regulator that their personal data had been wrongly turned over to a third party until more than two months after it occurred.
PHILADELPHIA–The former Media Members/U of P Credit Union has a new name. The $67-million credit union is now Penn FCU, although it will operate under the brand PennCU.