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FAFCU will add 12 new counties to its eligible areas of coverage after receiving the go ahead from the National Credit Union Administration.

In order to align financial policy with the interests of consumers, the agency should consider why these services have caught on — and remember to keep a lane open for innovation.

Remittances to war-ravaged Ukraine are forecast to jump by over 20% this year to a record, even as those to fellow former Soviet republics in Central Asia will likely fall “dramatically” given Russia is their main source.

In global news this week, the U.K. debates a plan to protect cash, the EU sets a timeline for its Digital Markets Acts, PayPal and Standard Chartered invest overseas, and more.

Jake Spiegel is a health and wealth research associate at the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

Adam Kovacevich is the founder and CEO of the center-left tech industry coalition Chamber of Progress. Adam has worked at the intersection of tech and politics for 20 years, leading public policy at Google and Lime and serving as a Democratic Hill aide.

The CEOs of both Upstart and Oportun said this week that while they will maintain their existing interest rate limits, some higher-risk customers will no longer qualify for their loans as borrowing costs rise.

The Minneapolis company believes a new partnership with LiquidX will grow its niche supply-chain financing business by 'multiples.' The goal is to help more suppliers get paid early in a system that's been pinched throughout the pandemic.

Roughly 24,000 people had new foreclosures listed on their credit reports in the first quarter, up from about 9,000 three months earlier, a Federal Reserve Bank of New York report says. States are trying to cushion the blow on homeowners now that many pandemic-related federal protections have ended.