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MADISON, Wis.–The CUNA Councils have announced an “ALL IN” membership campaign, a multi-faceted initiative encouraging credit unions to go “all in” by joining all six councils.

WASHINGTON–The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced that it will be conducting a “national listening tour to solicit public opinion regarding a new strategic framework for the CDFI Fund.”

MADISON, Wis. –CUNA Mutual Group has launched a new mortgage payment protection product for credit unions and members that covers mortgage payments in the event of a borrower’s death, disability or involuntary unemployment.

ARLINGTON, Va.–The “overhead transfer rate,” the percentage of funds that the National Credit Union Administration annually transfers to its operating budget from the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund to cover expenses of the agency, is subject to notice and comment requirements under federal law, according to a legal analysis released by the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors.

WASHINGTON–Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has asked the three major credit agencies, Equifax, Experian and Transunion, to establish voluntarily credit inquiry alerts that would immediately notify consumers when their credit records were requested.

WASHINGTON–The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released its latest supervision report outlining the illegal practices uncovered by the Bureau’s examiners in the first four months of 2015.