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ARLINGTON, Va.–NAFCU said it is happy to see NCUA taking a fresh look at rules around paying CU employees based on loan volume.

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash.—The $2.9-billion Spokane Teachers Credit Union is acquiring the customers of the Bonner County, Idaho, branch of Banner Bank, headquartered in Walla Walla, Wash.

WASHINGTON–CUNA is again urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to use the authority it already has to delegate supervisory responsibilities for credit unions with more than $10-billion in assets.

WASHINGTON–Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has proposed a new plan that calls for eliminating the student debt held by more than 40-million Americans, as well as making all public colleges tuition-free.

SPOKANE, Wash.–Credit unions in Washington and Utah have announced plans to change their names.

LONE TREE, Colo.—Another credit union is being sued over its overdraft practices.

SHARON, Mass.–Two Massachusetts credit unions are looking to mass together in a merger that would create a $1-billion plus CU.  The $584-million Sharon Credit Union and the $438-million Crescent Credit Union in Brockton, Mass., are proposing to merge pending regulatory approval and a vote by members of each organization.

NEW YORK—Payments fraud continues to soar, as a record 82% of organizations reported incidents in 2018, according to the 2019 AFP Payments Fraud & Control Survey, underwritten by J.P. Morgan.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. –While a new “climate of regulatory restraint from federal regulators” was again evident during Q1, according to one measure of new rules, there is also an “alarming new trend” that must be watched.

SAN DIEGO–An Underground Collision meeting was held here that for the first time focused on CU business partners and, specifically, CUSOs.  According to Mitchell Stankovic, which organizes and hosts the Underground Collision discussions, the meeting walked the fine line between challenges and opportunities for CUSOs and credit unions.