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Michigan State University Federal Credit Union is partnering with Debbie, a Miami-based fintech that helps consumers break free of delinquency and correct bad spending habits, to strengthen its financial education tools and build its deposit base.
May 11
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Sens. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho have reintroduced a bill that would deploy roughly $100 million in aid through the Community Development Financial Institution Fund to back pilot programs that would foster secondary markets for loan sales.
May 9
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State legislators plan to allow credit unions to serve more people below the poverty line, including those living in banking deserts, but the state's banks say the credit unions could use the legislation to dodge field-of-membership limits.
May 8
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Kaua'i Federal Credit Union in Lihue is launching an "economic resiliency center" for members in the Kapa'a community. It hopes to support minority-owned businesses throughout the area by providing access to housing resources and other funding.
May 3
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The National Credit Union Administration is seeking the perspective of credit union leaders in areas vulnerable to natural disasters to gauge the true scope of environmental changes and to inform best practices for managing their impact.
May 1
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In April's roundup of American Banker's favorite stories: Investigations of PPP fraud ramp up, U.S. Bank responds to concerns regarding capital levels, what happened to the trend of bank purchases and more.
April 28
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Joe Evica, who has been employed with the Wisconsin-based insurance firm since March 2019, was terminated on April 4 for allegedly violating company policies.
April 25
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The volume of bank acquisitions — either by credit unions or community banks — has dropped considerably so far in 2023. Experts, including prospective buyers, cite a combination of ongoing regulatory and economic pressures.
April 20
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Executives and financial strategists are considering derivatives as a hedge against rising interest rates.
April 19
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As more potential buyers began inquiring about the availability of QCash, WSECU decided the time was right to offload the credit union service organization it launched in 2015.
April 18
