WASHINGTON—NAFCU and CUNA have joined with a number of other financial services trade groups in a joint letter to the House Committee on Financial Services calling for the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act to be to the full House for a vote. The legislation has 51 co-sponsors representing both parties.
INDIANAPOLIS—After a first round of upsets and nail-biters, Scott Witherspoon of Affinity FCU is atop the first-ever credit union industry-wide NCAA March Madness Pool.
MINNEAPOLIS—A federal judge has given a preliminary OK to a $10-million settlement of a consolidated class action lawsuit filed on behalf of consumers affected by the 2013 Target data breach.
NILES, Mich.—United FCU will open a new corporate office (including a branch) and an additional new branch this week.
NEW YORK—For the third year in a row, Idaho Central Credit Union has been named as the best-performing credit union by SNL Financial, which has just released its list of the 50 best-performing credit unions of more than $500 million in assets in the U.S.
TAMPA, Fla.—Suncoast Credit Union here has joined with the National Federation of CDCUs to provide grants to as many as 10 Florida credit unions to be used to apply for Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) certification through the Federation’s Breakthrough Consulting Group.
HENDERSON, Nev.–Bluepoint Solutions and Unwired Nation have announced a new partnership to offer Bluepoint’s mobile Remote Deposit Capture (RDC) application to Unwired Nation’s community financial institution customers.
HARRISBURG, Penn.—The Pennsylvania CU Association’s highly successful iBelong credit union awareness campaign recently won first place for Best Credit Union Campaign in the CUNA Blockbuster Awards.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—With summer’s tornado season approaching, Communication FCU here is giving away four free storm shelters through a partnership with Survive-A-Storm Shelters.
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—NCUA has hired Edward Dorris as the agency’s chief information officer. Previously, Dorris served as CIO at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
