ARLINGTON, Va.—After reaching "the high-water sales level since the crisis" in March with 723,000 annualized units, new home sales fell 6.9% to 673,000 units in April. NAFCU Research Assistant Dhruv Singh said despite the drop, there are positive signs within the market.
DES MOINES, Iowa–The Iowa legislature has passed a bill allowing businesses in the state to facilitate notarization of documents remotely. The E-Notary bill, SF-475, will go into effect July 1, 2020.
HOBOKEN, N.J.–While credit unions are required to watch for dirty money, just how dirty is money (and debit and credit cards) really? A new “germ score” offers some (semi-scary) results
MADISON, Wis.–The World Council of Credit Unions’ Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN) has awarded six scholarships for women to join the Network and to attend the 2019 World Credit Union Conference in the Bahamas, where WOCCU said they will have opportunities for professional development, networking and diversifying skill.
ESCONDIDO, Calif. –Employees at a credit union branch here were hit by a four-person takeover robbery that forced staff onto the ground and into a vault, while several states away another branch had to be evacuated due to a suspicious substance sent through a pneumatic tube.
WEST CHESTER, Penn.–Benchmark FCU here said it will once again be sponsoring the Benchmark Twilight Cycling Classic in August. Now entering its 15th year, the event has grown from a few thousand people to more than 15,000.
WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has announced the FinCEN Innovation Hours Program, which it said is designed to better shape and inform its ongoing engagement with Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) innovators.
BETHLEHEM, Penn.–Two credit unions have announced headquarters building projects.
PARADISE, Calif. - Sierra Central Credit Union has reopened a branch in this community that was devasted by the Camp Fire. To mark the reopening, the credit union partnered with the Treat'em Like a King Foundation to donate $271,000 check to the North Valley Foundation for recovery efforts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in the Eastern District of New York against Forster & Garbus, LLP, a New York debt collection law firm.
