Compliance

Even though the General Data Protection Regulation has put data security and privacy top of mind throughout Europe in its first year, it is not likely the U.S. will see a similar federal mandate anytime soon — if ever.

During its monthly meeting, the National Credit Union Administration board also approved a proposal to increase CU access to non-member deposits, a move bankers are already railing against.

A closer look at a new plan from the Department of Labor still finds room for improvement, but is generally seen as markedly better than Obama-era rule that was rejected at the last minute.

More than 5,500 credit unions will receive a dividend this week, the second time in two years the agency has returned funds to the institutions it regulates.

Regulators placed the $3 billion-asset institution into conservatorship less than a year after the New York City-based CU fired President and CEO Kam Wong in the wake of embezzlement charges.

National Credit Union Administration Chairman Rodney Hood’s testimony Thursday was reportedly the first time in three years the agency has appeared before the House Financial Services Committee.

Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., recently introduced the Payment Choice Act in the U.S. House of Representatives to prohibit retail businesses from refusing cash for payments.

Apple’s aggressive posture when it makes moves in retail and payments has drawn a lot of pushback and controversy, but its setback in the Supreme Court could be the most dire threat yet to the growth of Apple Pay.

Apple's App Store was a game changer for mobile payments. But Apple's ecosystem was also very much a digital Wild West, with app developers and Apple itself sometimes running afoul of regulators and legal authorities.

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The industry has long complained that gathering the data is confusing and costly but two plans issued by the CFPB could help lighten the burden for a significant portion of credit unions.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused banks of acting as “modern-day loan sharks” and called on Congress to enact a federal limit of 15% on credit card interest rates.

It is designed exclusively to address concerns of regulators who have complained about the bank's lack of progress in recovering from a series of scandals.

A new study shows credit unions are confident about their ability to comply with recent changes to FinCEN guidance, but a closer look shows some concerns linger, especially regarding training front line staff.

A proposal to give the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau jurisdiction over credit unions with $10 billion or more of assets has sparked a war of words between the longtime foes.

The credit unions, all of them small institutions, will pay a total of $4,069 in penalties for tardy submission of Q3 2018 all reports.

There’s no clear winner yet in the “war on cash,” so investment is flowing into technology that’s designed to accommodate a wide set of payment options that can still take cash along for the ride.

The California company was issued a consent order after it failed to meet the conditions of a January 2018 informal agreement.

Wells Fargo & Co. said it expects to refund certain fees paid on debit-card accounts as it reviews disclosures that may have confused customers.

Transaction fraud, attacks, compliance and political uncertainty are a toxic mix, argues Ian Stone, CEO of Veualta.