ALEXANDIA, Va.—NCUA's Office of Consumer Financial Protection in partnership with the CFPB’s Office of Servicemember Affairs and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will host a webinar aimed at raising awareness of important consumer financial protection issues specific to servicemembers and their families as part of Military Consumer Month.
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CARMEL, Ind.—Allied Solutions, a provider of insurance, lending, risk management, and data enabled products to financial institutions, has acquired data modeling capabilities from Prescient Models.
LAS VEGAS–CUNA has announced several of its fall events will take pace in a live, in-person format, all of which are set for Las Vegas.
CRANBROOK, B.C.–A proposed merger among six credit unions in southeast British Columbia that would have created a $3-billion institution to be called The Elevatus Credit Union has been cancelled due to increasing costs.
CHICAGO–The $14-billion Alliant Credit Union, which is nearly a completely digital operation, has launched a digital inclusion initiative it said supports the need for broadband access, technology equipment and technology education in underserved communities nationwide.
NEW YORK—Americans are borrowing again, in some cases at levels not seen in more than a decade.
WASHINGTON–A relatively new trade group for consumer credit professionals is saying that while it’s good news consumer borrowing is surging, the bad news is “millions of Americans” are going to discover errors in their credit reports and are going to be denied access to credit.
ARLINGTON, Va.–A number of trends continue to nibble away at credit unions’ non-interest income, an issue that NAFCU’s economist said the trade group is monitoring.
WASHINGTON–Credit unions and other market-watchers will be paying attention to congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell this week to see whether he departs in any way from his previously stated views on inflation.
WASHINGTON–Both the House and the Senate are in session this week. The House no legislative business on the agenda and will instead be in a committee work week, while the Senate will consider several executive branch nominations, including one involving a former CUNA exec.