WASHINGTON—Members of Congress this week remain in their home districts and states for the final week of August recess, but will begin returning next week when NAFCU will also be hosting its annual Congressional Caucus.
Fresh Today
WASHINGTON—The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has published a final rule that presents the standards, criteria and process that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (enterprise) will use to validate and approve third-party credit score models.
WASHINGTON–The Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institution Fund and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) have received 546 applications from organizations across the country requesting a total of $579.54 million.
WASHINGTON–Simple messages that encourage consumers to use a prepaid card at tax time increases the likelihood they will do so, according to the results of a pilot study between the CFPB and H&R Block.
CHALFONT, Penn.—Merck Sharp & Dohme FCU has selected the palm vein authentication biometric solution from Fiserv.
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—NCUA Board Chairman Rodney Hood expanded on the agency’s recently published interim guidance allowing federally insured credit unions to provide certain financial services to legally operating hemp business in an op-ed in the Lexington Herald Leader.
EL PASO, Texas–GECU has become the official credit union of athletics at the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP).
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A former vice president of a Mississippi Gulf Coast credit union will spend nearly three years in prison after she pleaded guilty to embezzlement.
SINGAPORE – Payments platform Adyen is collaborating with Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform.
BATON ROUGE, La.—The state of Louisiana is establishing a cybersecurity center here that will analyze hacking threats and bolster information sharing among state and federal agencies, industry experts and academics in an effort to strengthen computer network security.