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Fresh Today

WASHINGTON—The latest jobs report – with 263,000 jobs gained in April – reveals strong job growth and keeps the Federal Reserve on track to not raise interest rates any time soon–and also doesn’t come as any surprise to credit unions looking to find good people, as one recent meeting made clear.

WASHINGTON—Debit card issuers subject to the Durbin Amendment’s interchange price controls saw their average authorization, clearing, and settlement expense, excluding fraud, fall to 3.6 cents per transaction in 2017, down 54% since 2009, the Fed reported.

NEW BRITAIN, Conn.–The ordeal of Matthew Yussman, the credit union CFO who was held hostage overnight and then sent to his CU’s office with what he was told was a bomb strapped to his chest as part of a robbery attempt, was profiled on NBC’s Dateline program.

MODESTO, Calif.–Valley First Credit Union has selected a new CEO to replace the retiring Hank Barrett. Named to succeed Barrett effective May 20 is Kathryn Davis, who has most recently served as the CEO of BALANCE.