The Credit Union Direct Lending (CUDL) program continues to expand, this time by moving into Texas. Already operating through 1,475 dealerships and 206 participating credit unions in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, CUDL has expanded into Texas initially via credit unions based out-of-state but with branches in the Lone Star State. CUs now live on the program in Texas include the St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Employees CU and Earthgrains CU, and the California-based Lockheed FCU and Premier America CU. Chevron Texaco Credit Union will begin offering its Texas members access to the Credit Union Direct Lending program in June. Sharon Tolar has been named as CUDL's business development representative for the state. During 2001, CU Direct Corp. funded 140,294 contracts for more than $2.5 billion in credit union auto financing.
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Scattered Spider, a cybercrime gang whose targets include banks, has seen five of its members arrested for SIM-swapping and phishing schemes that stole millions.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined Synapse $1 for its role in a $60 million to $90 million shortfall in fintech users' accounts.
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A federal appeals court granted the government's request to pause a ruling that briefly restored Democratic National Credit Union Administration board members Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka, leaving the regulator with a single board member pending appeal.
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Erik Porter will succeed Lisa Oliver as president and CEO of the Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod; Gary Hall and Sobani Warner are named co-presidents of Siebert Williams Shank; Faiz Ahmad and Mike Joo will lead Bank of America's global investment banking unit; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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Bank of Glen Burnie, which is seeking to recover from a stretch when its assets declined, hopes that its deal for a residential lender can help boost loan production.
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Small practices are still mired in paper. Fiserv has joined banks such as JPMorganChase and Citizens in applying new third party transaction technology to the tricky sector.
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