WASHINGTON — The pace of the U.S. economy's recovery from the pandemic has officials with the Federal Reserve sharing new concerns over inflation.
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INDIANAPOLIS–A new report from NCUA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) confirms the reason behind the first CU liquidation of 2021 was due to alleged fraud. The report also lists the grounds for liquidation related to a different credit union.
LONDON —Facebook’s digital currency project Diem (formerly known as Libra) has withdrawn its application for a Swiss payment license and will instead shift its operations to the United States.
BOSTON—Research on a central bank digital currency is still ongoing as the central bank continues to weigh the implications of digital bank notes for the U.S., according to Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric Rosengren.
MARIETTA, Ga.–Additional positions for which credit unions are seeking candidates continue to be added to CUToday.info’s free job board, The Gig.
MOUNTAIN VIEW Calif.—Mobile wallet platform Google Pay is partnering with money transfer companies Wise and Western Union to allow its U.S.-based users to remit money to India and Singapore, marking the tech company's first foray in the multibillion-dollar global remittance market.
SAN FRANCISCO–Twitter has introduced Tip Jar, a new feature that makes it easy for users to send money to their favorite creators on the micro-blogging service. But at least one user has flagged a potential security issue.
WASHINGTON–A word not heard much in recent years continues to get more attention: “inflation,” with everyone from Fed officials to analysts to CU ALM committees to Google searchers involved in the debate.
ARLINGTON, Va.–NAFCU is calling on NCUA to complete COVID-19-related relief measures it says remain “unfinished.”
WASHINGTON–NCUA Chairman Todd Harper is among the witnesses scheduled to appear before the full House Committee on Financial Services today, and while the issue is not among the hearing agenda items he could find himself answering questions on credit union acquisitions of banks, among other controversial issues.