CUNA Mutual Group has purchased $2.5 million in member business tax medallion loans from the League of Mutual Taxi Owners FCU, which it plans to add to its CU System Fund, an MBL-derived mutual fund that will be sold to credit unions. CUNA Mutual has already purchased about $20 million in MBLs for the fund, in which it plans to start selling shares to credit unions once it hits $25 million. The fund is one of several planned by the credit union insurer as a way to create a new secondary market for credit union assets and keeping those assets within the credit union movement.
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Firms like Brex and Ramp are adding new tech faster than legacy banks, according to payment experts.
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The Office of Management and Budget issued reduction in force notices to Treasury staff working in the Community Development Financial Institution office Friday, saying that the layoffs are necessary to "implement the abolishment" of the fund.
October 10 -
Former City National CEO Kelly Coffey has a new venture in wealth management; Erin Siegfried is Northwest Bancshares' new chief legal counsel and corporate secretary; Flagstar Bank secures OCC approval to merge its holding company into the bank; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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The regional bank has launched a digital student banking center that's part of a broader strategy to focus on relationship-building.
October 10 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced job openings for attorney-advisors to represent the agency in defensive and appellate litigation.
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An updated deposit insurance reform bill from Sens. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., and Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., would raise deposit insurance for business accounts to $10 million, exclude the largest banks from coverage and insulate community banks from footing the bill.
October 10