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WASHINGTON—As part of ongoing efforts to keep credit union priorities front and center on Capitol Hill, America’s Credit Unions President and CEO Scott Simpson joined the association’s advocacy team in a series of meetings Wednesday with key lawmakers to discuss issues important to credit unions and their members.

NEW YORK—New York’s top banking regulator has ordered Santander Consumer USA, the auto-finance arm of Spain-based Banco Santander, to pay more than $675,000 in penalties and consumer restitution after finding the company charged undisclosed fees tied to auto-loan extensions, Bloomberg Law reported.

WASHINGTON—Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lorie Logan said this week that strong economic growth, resilient consumer spending and booming corporate earnings are raising the possibility that the Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates later this year to return inflation to its 2% target, according to Reuters.