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WASHINGTON—State credit union advocacy led to the governors of New Hampshire and New Mexico signing credit union-friendly bills into law in recent weeks, while other pro-credit union bills in Delaware, Washington, Montana and Tennessee await signatures, CUNA reported.

WASHINGTON–The Mortgage Bankers Association has put forth a proposal that would turn Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into shareholder-owned utilities.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.–The percentage of mortgages that are delinquent decreased 14.1% in March vs. February, and was also down 11.4% year-over-year, according to data from Black Knight’s First Look report for March.

WASHINGTON—Money services businesses (MSB) in several states will now be required to file a call report.

WASHINGTON–There is strong support for additional regulation around payday lending among both customers and consumers in general, according to new research released by the Pew Charitable Trusts’ consumer finance project.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.—On the heels of what Continuity termed a “burdensome” fourth quarter in 2016, America’s financial institutions encountered fewer regulatory changes in Q1 2017 than any quarter in the nearly five-year history of the Banking Compliance Index (BCI).

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has upheld a lower court decision to deny the CFPB's attempt to subpoena information from the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, an organization that accredits for-profit colleges.

HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio–Police here say they are investigating what could be a “very large identity theft case” involving Chicago-based Alliant Credit Union.

WASHINGTON—Congress has until April 28 to pass a bill authorizing continued federal government spending to avoid a government-wide shutdown. The government is currently running on a continuing resolution that passed Congress in December.

WASHINGTON–With a credit union priority on the agenda, it’s expected to be a busy week in Congress. But how exactly it will play out remains in flux due to competing priorities of the Trump administration and Congress, and with a deadline to fund the federal government looking over all of it.