NEW YORK–Nearly 70% of Americans are feeling frustrated that the money they’re saving isn’t growing due to low interest rates, according to a new MagnifyMoney survey of more than 1,000 consumers.
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PURCHASE, N.Y.—As online identity management grows in importance, Mastercard has purchased identity verification company Ekata for $850 million.
BASINGSTOKE, U.K.–A new study from Juniper Research has found digital commerce spending will rise to more than $11.6 trillion by the end of 2021, up from $10.5 trillion in 2020.
LIMA, Peru– The Economic Inclusion Project, which is funded by USAID and the World Council of Credit Unions, is celebrating the graduations of more than 500 new entrepreneurs from its School of Dreamers in Peru and Entrepreneur Camp in Ecuador.
WASHINGTON–The Paycheck Protection Program has exhausted its funding and stopped accepting most new applications.
WASHINGTON—The best way to manage climate change and natural disaster risk is to mitigate it by improving resiliency in the housing stock of the United States, CUNA stated in a letter sent to a House Financial Services Subcommittee hearing on housing resilience in the face of climate change.
WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy saw a 6.4% annualized increase in gross domestic product in first quarter of 2021, a rate that should continue during 2021, according to CUNA’s latest Economic Update.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.–A rental property management company has filed suit to stop a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule requiring notice be given to delinquent residential renters about a nationwide eviction ban, alleging it is counter to rulings that have found the ban invalid.
KENDALL PARK, N.J.–A new federal credit union has been chartered, and it will not charge interest on loans.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – CO-OP Financial Services has announced two new THINK 21 Forums.