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WASHINGTON—During a Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) Transition Resource Group for Credit Losses meeting last week, FASB staff indicated it would spend additional time working on certain operational challenges associated with the current expected credit loss (CECL) standard.

WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a settlement with Uber Technologies, Inc. over allegations that the ride-sharing company deceived consumers about its privacy and data security practices.

PURCHASE, N.Y.— Mastercard has rolled out Digital Commerce Solutions, a new suite of strategies and services that includes a plan for all of its cards to support security token authentication methods by 2020.

WASHINGTON—During the weekend of Dec. 8, Fannie Mae will begin use of Desktop Underwriter (DU) Version 10.3, which accounts for 2018 market conditions, makes changes to appraisal waivers and provides updates to align with the Selling Guide. Many credit unions use the DU for loans sold to Fannie Mae. 

LIVONIA, Mich.­ — CU Solutions Group (CUSG), a CUSO providing technology, marketing and HR performance management solutions, and QCash Financial, a provider of automated, cloud-based mobile lending products, said they have entered into a marketing partnership to promote QCash Financial’s solutions in the credit union marketplace.

SAN FRANCISCO—Square is launching a new point-of-sale hardware device called Terminal, which can accept credit card and mobile payments through Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and NFC.