TUKWILA, Wash. – A story in Monday’s issue of the Credit Union Journal Daily briefing incorrectly stated a Russian hacker arrested in Cyprus was charged with stealing more than 28,000 credit card accounts from BECU. The credit unions said only a handful of its accounts were compromised and the 28,000 number refers to accounts at all financial institutions affected by the breach.
The co-author of the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and progressive Congressional trailblazer Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., has died.
The White House issued an executive order Tuesday directing the Treasury department, bank regulators and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to advise banks on "red flags" of informal work arrangements. How agencies implement the order will determine how onerous compliance will ultimately be for banks.
Flagstar — one of the largest regional banks, operating around 340 locations across nine states — recently hired four senior executives.
The newest version of the House housing bill would make a ban on institutional investors owning some homes less harsh than the Senate version by removing a seven year mandate on selling build-to-rent homes.
The National Credit Union Administration Tuesday submitted a rule to the Office of Management and Budget stating that federal law preempts state laws on interchange, blocking an Illinois statute banning the collection of swipe fees on taxes and tips.
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council — whose members include federal bank regulators — issued a proposal Tuesday to overhaul the bank supervisory ratings process, the first such revision in 30 years. The proposal would reduce the weight management grades have on supervisory ratings and would require rating downgrades to be tied to explicit financial risks.
