WASHINGTON—Non-farm payrolls increased by 379,000 in February, with the unemployment rate dipping to 6.2%, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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WASHINGTON—NAFCU joined with several financial services trade organizations on a letter to House Small Business Committee and Senate Small Business Committee leadership, urging members to ensure the Small Business Administration (SBA) makes every effort to clear the thousands of loan holds currently in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
PLYMOUTH, Minn.–Technology glitches resulting from the integration of two merging credit unions’ systems here have received some local press coverage.
NASHVILLE—Volunteer Corporate Credit Union (VolCorp) be working with Information Builders, Inc. (ibi), to build a data and analytics platform, the corporate announced.
MADISON, Wis.–The World Council of Credit Unions will host a webinar titled “Establishing a Gender Lens Investment Methodology in Africa” on March 9 at 10 a.m.
WASHINGTON–The Federal Reserve Board announced it will extend its Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility, or PPPLF, by three months to June 30, 2021.
WASHINGTON–A third round of stimulus checks in amounts up to $1,400 per person should start going out this month, according to President Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON–The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a report warning of widespread evictions and foreclosures once federal, state, and local pandemic protections come to an end, absent additional public and private action.
REDMOND, Wash.–“Large credit unions” have been identified as among the businesses and government agencies that use a Microsoft email service compromised in an aggressive hacking campaign that was probably sponsored by the Chinese government, according to Microsoft.
WASHINGTON—CUNA has filed a brief in the 2nd District Court of Appeals calling for reversal of a district court’s decision on the validity of the Visa Global Compromised Account Recovery (GCAR) program.