How To Get Consumers To Not Robo-Reject Certain Robocalls 09/21/2017 07:54 pm WASHINGTON—Representatives from federal regulatory agencies, various communications services providers and other telecom industry stakeholders gathered this week to discuss how organizations can effectively contact consumers without dropping calls or being added to robocall lists.
Class Graduates From CUES’ Strategic Innovation Institute; Registration Open For 2018 Class 09/13/2017 08:08 pm MADISON, Wis.—CUES announced a new group of credit union leaders has completed its Strategic Innovation Institute and earned the prestigious Certified Innovation Executive (CIE) designation.
Affinity Credit Union Selects CU*Answers As New Core Provider 09/21/2017 07:54 pm DES MOINES, Iowa–Affinity Credit Union here has selected Grand Rapids, Mich.-based CU*Answers as its new core solution provider and will be moving to the CUSO’s CU*Base suite in March of 2018.
In Maine, Regulators Give The Green Light To Planned Merger 09/13/2017 08:09 pm BREWER, Maine–Regulators have given the green light to EMMC FCU here and Acadia FCU in Fort Kent, Maine, to move forward with a planned merger. Next up is a Sept. 26 vote on the combination by members of EMMC FCU.
PenFed Calls For Payout From Temporary Corporate CU Stabilization Fund 09/13/2017 08:09 pm TYSONS, Va.–The $22.8-billion PenFed Credit Union has issued a statement saying it supports an NCUA proposal to begin paying rebates to credit unions from the Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund (TCCUSF).
Fiserv Launches Solution To Support FASB’s CECL Standards 09/13/2017 08:09 pm BROOKFIELD, Wis.–Fiserv has announced it has launched Prologue Credit Loss Manager, which provides support for the final Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) standards from the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
CFPB Says It Returned $14 Million To Consumers In 1st Half Of Year 09/13/2017 08:10 pm WASHINGTON—The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said that recent supervisory actions have resulted in $14 million in relief to more than 104,000 harmed consumers from January through June 2017.
CFPB’s Cordray Responds To Critics His Agency Went Easy On Wells Fargo 09/21/2017 07:55 pm WASHINGTON–CFPB Director Richard Cordray is calling accusations his agency failed to act strongly enough against Wells Fargo over its bogus account scandal unfounded and without support.
A ‘Significant Victory’ For CUs On HELC Reporting Under HMDA 09/13/2017 08:11 pm WASHINGTON—Two-thirds of all credit unions that would have been subject to home equity line of credit reporting under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) will receive direct exemptions, according to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau final rule published in the Federal Register this week.
Another Bad Day at Equifax As It Links To Bogus Security Site 09/21/2017 07:55 pm ATLANTA–The fact-checking at Equifax when it comes to the Internet is apparently not improving. On Twitter, the company directed consumers to a fake site that imitated its equifaxsecurity2017.com site, not once, but three times.