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NEW YORK—The meteoric adoption of OpenClaw, an open-source autonomous AI assistant, has ignited what cybersecurity experts are calling the first major AI agent security crisis — one with clear implications for financial institutions already grappling with digital risk and shadow IT.

 

WASHINGTON—A Supreme Court ruling limiting the president’s ability to impose sweeping tariffs could modestly ease inflation pressure on credit union members’ household budgets — and, over time, help stabilize CU deposits and loan demand — even as trade policy uncertainty lingers, according to Brian Turner, president and chief economist at Meridian Economics.

NEW YORK — The most revealing shift in credit union innovation may be this: two-thirds of U.S. CUs now rely — or expect soon to rely — on outside fintech partners for mobile and digital payments, according to a January PYMNTS Intelligence report produced in conjunction with Velera.

MADISON, Wis.—The Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions, in collaboration with World Council of Credit Unions, has opened the application portal for the 2026 International Credit Union Development Educators (ICUDE) designation, WOCCU announced.

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — The $3-billion Guardian Credit Union has named Steve Heiderer president and chief executive officer following the retirement announcement earlier this year of longtime CEO Kevin Nitka.