WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized revisions to its international money transfer rule that will provide certain remittances with a longer exemption.

John Magill, CUNA executive vice president for government affairs and special assistant to the president, will leave the trade association September 5.

Despite NCUA handing out of $57,750 in penalties to late Q1 Call Report filers, 75 federally insured CUs have filed their Q2 report late, the agency reported Monday.

In an effort to reassure members it's stable, Wilkes-Barre City Employees FCU plans to name a new chief executive within the next month and has already created new policies to prevent people from taking out fraudulent loans.

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With LeBron James, President George W. Bush and millions of others getting in on the "Ice Bucket Challenge" to raise money and awareness for ALS, credit unions couldn't be far behind. CUs nationwide have embraced the late-summer fad. Here are just a few examples of CUs around the country finding new ways of people helping people.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA Friday issued a cease and desist order to David Addison, formerly the chief executive of Texans Credit Union.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has chosen a dozen firms involved in the mortgage industry — including two credit unions — for a pilot program looking at whether electronic fillings can improve the mortgage closing process.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Five members of Wilkes-Barre City Employees FCU, including one employee, were charged Thursday with conspiracy and bank fraud related to an elaborate scheme to obtain loans with false collateral and stolen identities.

EAST HANOVER, N.J. — Symbionce Financial Solutions LLC, a credit union service organization that offers mortgage services to CUs, on Thursday was ranked number 945 on Inc.magazine's eighth annual Inc. 500|5000.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Twitter Inc. has dialed back a rule implemented late last year that restricted how financial institutions could promote themselves on the site, but some credit unions are still unsure as to what those changes mean in terms of how effective the social-networking site can ultimately be for CUs.

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. — As if credit union mortgage lenders did not have enough to contend with already, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed numerous changes to the way home loan data will be collected — and possibly reported publicly.

ARLINGTON, Va. — NCUA has been stressing to credit unions for well over a year that they must pay attention to interest rate risk with rising rates on the horizon.

From mergers and retirements to special programs being offered, CU Journal offers a quick look at the latest news from credit unions across the country.

Two credit unions that share the same building-and a family connection-plan to merge.

With NCUA focusing on cybersecurity at credit unions, the agency has outlined key areas on which examiners will focus when analyzing a CU's fraud defense.

CHICAGO — Mortgage delinquency rates declined by nearly 20% to a national rate of 3.46% in the second quarter from a year earlier, according to a report from TransUnion LLC.

FERGUSON, Mo. — Staff from Alliance Credit Union are out Wednesday in this troubled city, walking through debris left behind by Tuesday night's chaos, asking business owners if they need a 0% loan.

LAKE BLUFF, Ill. — Credit unions continue to inch closer to what banks are charging for overdrafts.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida Office of Financial Regulation has approved Florida Central Credit Union's bid to purchase a branch of First Federal Bank of Florida, the CU said.