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MADISON, Wis. – Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch joined Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) Secretary Jay Risch at CUNA Mutual’s headquarters to unveil the College & Career Readiness Guide, a new resource designed to help Wisconsin’s K-12 students “chart a course that will lead them to productive and rewarding careers as adults.”

ALEXANDRIA, Va. –Total assets in federally insured credit unions were up by $86 billion (6.8%) in the year ending Sept. 30, while more than 4.3-million people joined CUs over that same time period, according to new data released by NCUA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—NCUA’s emergency merger proposal is atop brief agenda for this Thursday’s open board meeting.

WASHINGTON—The housing market continued to expand, according to Fannie Mae’s latest Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI). The index increased 2.6 points in November to 87.8, once again nearing its all-time high from September, the agency reported.

TAMPA, Fla.—Look for even more focus on data analytics by credit unions next year, according to CSCU.

WASHINGTON—During testimony before Congress, Brian Ducharme, CEO of MIT Federal Credit Union, urged members of a House Financial Services subcommittee to support legislation to stop the NCUA's risk-based capital rule (RBC) from taking effect on Jan. 1, 2019.

PARCHMENT, Mich.–Advia Credit Union here is asking a Washington, D.C. court to order the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to turn over records the credit union said it needs to defend itself as part of a $40-million lawsuit related to its overdraft practices.

WESTERLY, R.I.–Westerly Community Credit Union recently awarded four $1,000 scholarships to local students of Chariho and Westerly High Schools.

PLYMOUTH, Minn. - Effective Jan. 2, 2018, Mortgage Lending Services, LLC., will change its name to TruStone Home Mortgage, LLC. This new name leverages the marketplace presence of its parent company, TruStone Financial Federal Credit Union.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.–With recreational marijuana becoming legal in California on Jan. 1., this state’s regulators have proposed creating a special, private-sector banking system that would allow banks and credit unions to serve the cannabis industry without inviting federal sanctions.