For years credit unions have marched on Washington as part of CUNA's GAC, always stressing the reasons for the tax exemption. But the big threats now are in places such as Birmingham and Albuquerque and Salt Lake City, where state legislatures facing budget shortfalls are looking for every revenue source they can find. And banks are more than happy to point out credit unions as one such source. In this issue The Credit Union Journal offers an expansive look at the tax situation in each state, beginning on page 22.
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Advisors share the types of financial infidelity and secrecy they have seen in couples, and how they approached the money misbehavior.
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Christopher Peterson, a law professor at the University of Utah and former senior advisors at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is the latest top hire for a Democratic state stepping up consumer protection.
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The Denver-based bank scaled back its estimate of tangible-book-value dilution resulting from the First Foundation deal to 10%, down from the 14% figure projected in October.
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The bank released reserves it no longer needed because credit outperformed. An accounting switch means that line runs close to zero by the fourth quarter.
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More than two dozen community banks submitted letters to the Federal Reserve expressing concern that its proposed "skinny" payment account framework could put them at a competitive disadvantage.
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Ultrawealthy clients looking to reduce taxable estates might consider spousal lifetime access trusts, but too-similar dual trusts can backfire.
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