BOSTON–Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has become the first to file a lawsuit against credit reporting firm Equifax over a breach that exposed the personal data of as many as 143 million people, including three-million in Massachusetts.
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WASHINGTON–The CFPB at one point had determined it could pursue a $10-billion penalty against Wells Fargo over its account-opening scandal, before finally settling on a much smaller amount, according to newly released documents.
WASHINGTON–The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has acted against Top Notch Funding and two individuals associated with the company for lying in loan offerings to consumers who were awaiting payment from settlements in legal cases or from victim-compensation funds.
MOBILE, Ala.—The Alabama Credit Union Administration has issued a cease and desist order against New Horizons CU here.
WASHINGTON—The FBI reported more than 4,250 financial institutions were robbed last year. While robbers typically complete their heists during office hours, a recent trend of targeting credit unions at opening and closing time has emerged, CUNA reported.
City Council Accepts CU’s Bid For Naming Rights To Stadium; Councilman Suggests Calling it ‘The ATM’
SAN DIEGO–The San Diego City Council has accepted a $500,000 bid from San Diego County Credit Union for naming rights to Qualcomm Stadium here.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–Four CUSOs that are part of the cuasterisk.com network—CU*Answers, CU*Northwest, CU*South, and Site Four—have launched a project to deploy new IBM servers in two separate data centers, according to the company.
NEW YORK—American Express has unveiled a new payment feature for credit cards that’s a bit of a throwback—layaway.
IRVINE, Calif.–As of June 2017, the foreclosure inventory rate, which measures the share of mortgages in some stage of the foreclosure process, was 0.7%, down from 0.9% in June 2016 and the lowest since the rate was also 0.7% in July 2007, according to CoreLogic’s monthly Loan Performance Insights Report.
SEATAC, Wash./TIGARD, Ore./BOISE, Idaho —The Northwest Credit Union Association is launching a Northwest Young Professionals Network across Washington, Oregon and Idaho.