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Fresh Today

NEW YORK–It’s an accepted fact among many in credit unions that younger Americans do everything online, a change in consumer behavior that will eventually lead to the death of physical CU branches, shopping malls and more. But the behavior of at least one cohort of younger people seems to challenge that assumption.

OTTAWA, Canada–Your Neighbourhood Credit Union has rolled out new branding as it now operates as YNCU. In a statement, the credit unions said it is seeking to “change the face of local banking in Ontario.”

WASHINGTON—The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which proposes to raise the coverage thresholds for collecting and reporting data about closed-end mortgage loans and open-end lines of credit under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rules.

WASHINGTON—The town hall earlier announced by the CFPB on May 8 will focus on debt collection. At the time the agency announced the forum, which will be held in Philadelphia, it had not announced the focus of the event.

WASHINGTON–As expected, Federal Open Market Committee has concluded its meeting today and opted to not raise rates, leaving the target range for the federal funds rate at 2.25%  to 2.50%.