First South Financial Selects CU Student Choice 05/06/2021 07:48 pm BARTLETT, Tenn.–First South Financial CU here has selected Credit Union Student Choice to provide it with solutions for both private student loans and student loan refinance.
Fed Seeking Comment on Set of Proposed Guidelines 05/06/2021 07:48 pm WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve has issued a request for comment on a set of proposed guidelines the central bank will use when evaluating requests for accounts and payment services at Federal Reserve Banks.
Americans Say They Are Frustrated With Low Savings Rates 05/06/2021 07:46 pm NEW YORK–Nearly 70% of Americans are feeling frustrated that the money they’re saving isn’t growing due to low interest rates, according to a new MagnifyMoney survey of more than 1,000 consumers.
CU Begins Using Marketing Materials Featuring Anti-Microbial Coating 05/06/2021 07:49 pm LAKE FOREST, Calif.–The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are now being seen in a different way in credit union marketing, this time not in the messaging, but in the materials.
Would You Like to Try My Bread? Read My Journal? The Other Driver Behind Card Spending 05/06/2021 07:46 pm NEW YORK—Another factor playing a role in helping credit card debt to surge? All those new hobbies Americans have, according to a new report.
Rhode Island’s Credit Unions Meet With Governor 05/06/2021 07:48 pm PROVIDENCE, R.I.–Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee met representatives of some of the state’s credit unions for a roundtable discussion about the state of the economy and the efforts of his Administration to advance the health and success of the state.
Mastercard Purchases Online Verification Company 05/06/2021 07:46 pm PURCHASE, N.Y.—As online identity management grows in importance, Mastercard has purchased identity verification company Ekata for $850 million.
Only 1 Thing Could Cause a Crisis, Says Economist 05/07/2021 06:41 am SANTE FE, N.M.—Skyrocketing home prices and an overheated mortgage market are not leading to another mortgage bubble like the one that burst in 2008, according to the economist who predicted the onset of the Great Recession—and its housing bubble—well before they arrived.
500 New Entrepreneurs Graduate from WOCCU’s Economic Inclusion Project 05/06/2021 08:45 pm LIMA, Peru– The Economic Inclusion Project, which is funded by USAID and the World Council of Credit Unions, is celebrating the graduations of more than 500 new entrepreneurs from its School of Dreamers in Peru and Entrepreneur Camp in Ecuador.
PenFed Supports 3 Charities 05/07/2021 12:05 pm EUGENE, Ore.–PenFed Credit Union has announced $20,000 worth of donations to three local Eugene charities.