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WASHINGTON—The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has released the 2019 scorecard it will use to assess the government-sponsored enterprises' (GSEs) – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – progress made toward their three conservatorship priorities.

MADISON, Wis.—The Wisconsin Office of Credit Unions has notified the state’s CUs it plans to pay more attention to credit unions' liquidity management.

WASHINGTON—Two members of the House of Representatives have introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide regulatory guidance for cryptocurrencies and exclude them from being defined as a security under the law.

WASHINGTON–During testimony before the House Financial Services Committee at a hearing titled “A Legislative Proposal to Provide for a Sustainable Housing Finance System: The Bipartisan Housing Finance Reform Act of 2018,” one credit union CEO outlined reasons CUs support the proposal.

WASHINGTON–The partial shutdown of the federal government shows no signs of being resolved soon, and should it last through month’s end many credit unions will see members taking advantage of the various relief offers being made.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Federally insured, low-income credit unions that want to become certified Community Development Financial Institutions can apply to use NCUA’s qualification process for streamlined CDFI certification from  Jan. 13 through Feb. 9, the agency said.

ARLINGTON, Va.—NAFCU has outlined its key priorities for 2019.

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.–One credit union here has been able to boost auto loans by 31% among its own membership by promoting the car shopping process, and not the car loan rate.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas–STAR Credit Union here has named a new president/CEO.

Before we close out 2018, which means we’ve officially reached adulthood for the rest of this century,  here are just a few more observations, odds/ends and other stray items found during a year-end cleaning of my computer desktop: