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WASHINGTON–The House has passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, which would make it easier for small businesses to band together to offer 401(k) plans and eliminate the maximum contribution age on traditional individual retirement accounts, which is currently 70.5.

WASHINGTON—The House has passed legislation that would roll back efforts at the CFPB that were implemented under former Acting Director Mick Mulvaney. Prior to the bill's passage, an amendment to reinstate the Bureau's arbitration rule was added.

DES MOINES, Iowa–The Iowa legislature has passed a bill allowing businesses in the state to facilitate notarization of documents remotely. The E-Notary bill, SF-475, will go into effect July 1, 2020.

ARLINGTON, Va.—After reaching "the high-water sales level since the crisis" in March with 723,000 annualized units, new home sales fell 6.9% to 673,000 units in April. NAFCU Research Assistant Dhruv Singh said despite the drop, there are positive signs within the market.

Is it time for you to upgrade your loan origination system? Here are 10 reasons why a tried and true system can work for your credit union. 

WASHINGTON—The Senate has passed legislation that would enhance the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) enforcement authority over violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and require voice service providers to authenticate and block illegal robocalls.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a settlement with Conduent Education Services, LLC (CES), a student loan servicing company that formerly operated under the name of ACS Education Services.

CHICAGO–There are five things that exceptional employees love to do, and that toxic employees hate, according to one person who has shared his thoughts on the practice of “leading up.”

NEWARK, N.J.–A 22-year-old man has pleaded guilty here for bribing U.S. Postal Service carriers to steal credit cards from the mail.

NEW YORK—JPMorgan Chase is discontinuing its Chase Liquid general-purpose reloadable prepaid card and replacing it with a checking account called Chase Secure Banking, which has many of the same features but requires the customer to open a Chase bank account.