Compliance

Just one hour after NCUA conserved Bethex FCU on Friday, the New York State Department of Financial Services on Friday took possession of $178 million Montauk Credit Union, and appointed NCUA as conservator.

NCUA on Friday placed Bronx, N.Y.-based Bethex Federal Credit Union into conservatorship.

Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, said Thursday that he would not run for office in 2016.

Agency's apparent refusal to open issue up for discussion is targeted even more than the debate over the frequency of examinations.

Now 77% of federally insured institutions fall under new definition.

Representatives from both parties had tough words for the NCUA's new RBC proposal.

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle lines up to speak at the CU event, and what they had to say demonstrated why financial regulatory reform efforts have stalled.

A Federal Reserve decision is expected soon on M&T's long-delayed application to buy Hudson City Bancorp. M&T would still get strategic benefits it sought, but Hudson City has shrunk and become less profitable since it agreed to sell three years ago, and the cost of the deal has risen.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA has accepted a judgement offer of $129.6 million from Royal Bank of Scotland to resolve claims from losses related to purchases of residential mortgage-backed securities by Members United and Southwest corporate credit unions.

The window for moving financial services regulatory relief through Congress is rapidly closing, but there appears to be little hope that the partisan tensions that have stalled the process will ease in time.

Credit unions flocked to the nation’s capital for the trade association’s annual pilgrimage to Washington, where executives have the chance to hear from politicians at the conference and then head to lawmakers’ offices to lobby on credit union issues.

WASHINGTON — One of the top anti-money laundering regulators warned credit unions Tuesday that many do not appear to be properly following reporting requirements.

Monaco, previously senior economist at the regulator, succeeds Worth, who left last month.

New York's banking regulator has reached an agreement with four of the banks developing an online message service to store records for potential access by regulators and other officials.

NCUA has developed a series of videos designed to help credit union board members.

The push to raise the statutory limit on credit union member business lending got a boost Thursday when three U.S. Senators introduced a bill that would allow NCUA to raise a credit union’s MBL cap to 27.5% of assets, from the current limit of 12.25%, provided the CU met certain requirements.

Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City has named Karin Lockovitch director of compliance.

NCUA has launched an improved online Consumer Assistance Center (CAC) technology designed to make it easier and more efficient for consumers to make requests or file complaints.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has a busy agenda for the fall that includes possible action on debt collection and prepaid cards, though the agency's overall workload may cause delays.

Nearly 20 trade groups representing lenders, banks, credit unions, title companies and others are urging federal regulators to provide guidance on how they plan to enforce a new mortgage disclosure regime that goes into effect Oct. 3.