MISSOULA, Mont.–A multi-employer arrangement that offers health and wellness insurance among a group of Montana credit unions has been recognized with an award.
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PURCHASE, N.Y.—Joining the growing movement to skip the signature at the point of sale, Mastercard announced it is eliminating the need to sign for purchases made on its plastic at retail, as of April.
WASHINGTON—Is the OCC backing away from its proposal to establish a special purpose national bank charter for fintechs? One new report suggests that may be the case, based on recent comments from Keith Noreika, acting Comptroller of the Currency.
PHILADELPHIA—A recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found that credit unions are growing faster than small banks and have gained market share relative to small banks.
CINCINNATI—Is competition from leasing driving more consumers away from car loans?
WASHINGTON–Following NCUA's 2018-19 proposed budget and budget hearing, CUNA and NAFCU have outlined areas of the budget the agency can still address.
DALLAS–Swirlds, creators of the hashgraph distributed consensus platform, and CULedger, a credit union consortium supported by CUNA and the Mountain West Credit Union Association, have announced an agreement whereby CULedger will use Swirlds’ hashgraph technology as a key component of CULedger’s permissioned, distributed, shared ledger platform for credit unions.
WASHINGTON—Credit unions saw several “victories” last week with passage by the House of a Congressional Budget Resolution and emergency disaster funding legislation, CUNA reported.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—PSCU and CU Direct have announced a partnership and new product offering for PSCU and its member-owner credit unions.
MECHANICSBURG, Penn.–The $3.6-billion Members 1st Credit Union has named a new president and CEO. The credit union has selected George Nahodil to lead the organization.