SACRAMENTO, Calif.–Beginning this weekend, the annual Credit Union SacTown Run will again be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with participants across California and Nevada running or walking the equivalent of a 5K on their own. Participants in the event—which benefits Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals—will have until April 20 to complete their 5K run/walk.
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JACKSON, Miss.–In a new report called “sobering” by its authors, findings indicate how unevenly COVID relief funds have been distributed.
NEW YORK—Americans have largely relegated their travel rewards cards to the back of their wallet since the pandemic started, a new study shows.
WASHINGTON–Saying it is part of its ongoing efforts to expand financial inclusion, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has launched a public awareness campaign about the benefits of opening a bank account.
NEW YORK—Chase has reintroduced its lucrative 80,000-point welcome bonus on the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card and added a new, elevated offer on the Chase Sapphire Reserve worth 60,000 points.
WASHINGTON – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a consent order against a debt collector and its owner for harassing thousands of consumers, falsely threatening them with legal action.
BANNOCKBURN, Ill.–Great Lakes Credit Union said it has been recertified with “Bank On Chicago,” a partnership that allows it to assist underbanked and unbanked communities throughout the Chicagoland area to gain access to banking products and financial education.
ATLANTA–The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta is reporting North Carolina-based Truliant FCU has become the first financial institution in the Southeast to complete a transfer of an electronic promissory note (eNote) to FHLBank Atlanta.
HENDERSON, Nev.–Credit unions need to get refocused, financially fit and must also adapt—the other option is to die, according to one person.
In an interview as part of the Underground Chats hosted by Mitchell Stankovic, Stephen Bohanon, founder and chief strategy and sales officer with Alkemi, was blunt in his assessment of what credit unions need to do.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.–Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Illinois Predatory Lending Prevention Act into law, which caps annual interest rates on short-term loans at 36%.