MADISON, Wis.—The Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) is accepting applications for the 2025 Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN) Scholarship and the 2025 World Young Credit Union Professionals (WYCUP) Scholarship.
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NEW YORK—A new study reveals just how quickly payments are switching from in-store to online.
WASHINGTON—Credit unions have an opportunity to participate in virtual cannabis banking focus groups with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), America’s Credit Unions reported.
WASHINGTON—Despite growing credit union industry concerns over the movement’s tax break as the government rewrites the tax code later this year, dozens of House members shared tax policy priorities with the House and Ways Committee on Wednesday, but none mentioned any changes to the credit union tax status in their presentations, America’s Credit Unions reported.
HUNTINGTON Beach, Calif.—The proposed merger between $3.3-billion Nuvision Credit Union here and $500-million SafeAmerica CU, based in Pleasanton, Calif., has received regulatory approval as well as approval by a majority vote of the SafeAmerica membership, the CUs reported in a joint release.
LOS ANGELES—In response to the devastating wildfires and windstorms impacting communities across the Los Angeles region, credit unions throughout Southern California are offering financial relief to local members affected by this crisis, the California and Nevada CU Leagues reported.
NEW YORK—New York’s Department of Financial Services is proposing to ban state-chartered banks from charging an overdraft fee on transactions of $20 or less.
ALEXANDRIA, Va.--Soon after President Trump designated Kyle Hauptman chairman of the NCUA board, the former vice-chair of the agency outlined his priorities--which include examining the NCUA budgeting process.
MADISON, Wis.—While home prices are not yet bringing the nation close to another housing bubble bursting, it may be time for lenders to pay attention to growing collateral risk.
WASHINGTON—Single-family home prices increased 5.8% from Q4 2023 to Q4 2024, an acceleration from the previous quarter’s downwardly revised annual growth rate of 5.4%, according to the latest reading of the Fannie Mae Home Price Index (FNM-HPI).