ARLINGTON, Va. — Bank executives are increasingly signaling concern about credit unions as competitive pressures rise across lending, deposits and mergers, according to IntraFi’s Q4 2025 Bank Executive Business Outlook Survey, which found many bankers believe the growing role of credit unions in bank acquisitions and commercial lending is reshaping the competitive landscape for community institutions.
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Treasury Department has begun rolling out a six-part series of guidance documents designed to help financial institutions deploy artificial intelligence securely while staying aligned with regulatory expectations.
KENNEWICK, WASH—A coalition representing dozens of the nation’s smallest credit unions is urging NCUA to rethink a key piece of its latest deregulation proposal, warning that reducing public visibility of member comments on proposed mergers could unintentionally hasten the decline of community-based institutions already fighting to survive.
NEW YORK — As a powerful nor’easter buried much of the Northeast under heavy, wind-whipped snow, the first signs of impact weren’t just on highways and power lines—they were on credit union homepages, where “Closed Due to Weather” alerts replaced lobby hours and thousands of members shifted overnight to mobile apps, call centers and ATMs to manage their money from the dark.
WASHINGTON— After an 11-day recess, Congress is returning to Capitol Hill this week, though a winter snowstorm stretching from Virginia to Boston forced House leaders to cancel votes Monday, delaying formal legislative action as members travel back to Washington.
WASHINGTON--Congressman Mike Haridopolos, representing Florida’s 8th Congressional District, will provide a featured “View from the Capitol” at the Defense Credit Union Council's Defense Matters event on Tuesday, March 3, at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Washington.
ROYAL OAK, Mich. – CUSG, a technology platform company offering software solutions in the areas of HR technology, marketing technology, and financial technology, has made a strategic investment in Reset Financial Technologies and a referral partnership that will support the deployment of Reset’s earned-wage access (EWA) solution to U.S. financial institutions, the organization announced.
WASHINGTON--The effective date for a new Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund small business disclosure policy is now pushed back two years to fall of 2028, America's Credit Unions noted.
WASHINGTON--Bringing credit union priorities directly to the White House, America’s Credit Unions President/CEO Scott Simpson and Head of Regulatory Advocacy James Akin met with White House Office of Public Liaison Director Jim Goyer Friday.
WASHINGTON—A Supreme Court ruling limiting the president’s ability to impose sweeping tariffs could modestly ease inflation pressure on credit union members’ household budgets — and, over time, help stabilize CU deposits and loan demand — even as trade policy uncertainty lingers, according to Brian Turner, president and chief economist at Meridian Economics.