Fresh Today

WASHINGTON—Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) is calling on crypto miners to ensure increased transparency regarding energy use and transmissions.

WASHINGTON—Although they face other issues, NCUA Chairman Todd Harper is urging credit unions to remain focused on interest rate, liquidity, cybersecurity, and consumer compliance risks.

WASHINGTON—NCUA is preparing to refund more than $60 million to certain credit unions, while others will be sending more money to the agency, Board Member Rodney Hood announced during CUNA’s Governmental Affairs Conference.

WASHINGTON–NCUA Vice Chairman Kyle Hauptman had generally upbeat reviews for the state of the agency and credit unions, but he did note concerns around liquidity and car loans at credit unions.

WASHINGTON–Is the branch dead, as many believe? Quite the opposite, according to one expert—but the branch will need to be different as might the people who work there.

WASHINGTON—One CEO fears that if credit unions don’t start finding younger people to staff their boards, the result will be both a failure of the DEI efforts and perhaps even the failure of credit unions themselves. 

WASHINGTON—One year ago a CUNA GAC session on cryptocurrency attracted a standing-room-only audience, with some people turned away at the door. A year later, a less-than-full breakout session on the same subject at GAC reflected the change in enthusiasm around volatile cryptocurrency, as well as greater knowledge among CUs around the issue.

WASHINGTON–CUNA has announced a new chairman and other members of its board executive committee.

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued an alert to financial institutions on what it said is a nationwide surge in check fraud schemes targeting the U.S. Mail.

WASHINGTON—With credit unions in town for CUNA’s GAC, a number of credit union-supported pieces of legislation have been introduced, while another bill of interest to CUs has been marked up.