Elections

Voters across the country swung hard to the left in yesterday's off-cycle elections, showing an acute interest on affordability issues ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Racquel Oden, HSBC's head of wealth and personal banking in the U.S., talks about how to guide clients through a year of political and economic upheaval.

West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore, who's put banks on a blacklist for their support of ESG policies, is up for (and very likely to win) one of the state's two seats in the U.S. House. Here's how he got there, and what it'll look like when he tries to bring his anti-ESG policies national.

Credit unions will have their first opportunity to hear from the federal regulator about its recently released budget proposal and also get an update on the agency's diversity self-assessment.

A contentious presidential contest and social justice protests have forced employers to consider whether these types of topics should be discussed in the workplace.

Bill Bynum, president and CEO of Hope Federal Credit Union, and Gail Laster, former director of the National Credit Union Administration's consumer protection division, are working with the incoming administration.

With many Americans and members of Congress questioning the results of the presidential election, financial services trade associations quickly vowed to work with the incoming administration.

As lawmakers look for ways to plug budget gaps, credit union groups are preparing for a possible assault on the industry's tax exemption at the state and federal level.

The trade group supported 11 incumbents running for re-election, including the embattled Maine Sen. Susan Collins, and may have helped Republicans maintain control of the Senate.

A look at how credit unions and the industry at large have intersected with the 2020 election.

Democracy Federal Credit Union is the latest to move ahead with plans to shut down on Nov. 3 so employees can get to the polls.

A recently introduced bill concerning the Paycheck Protection Program loans could hint at what lawmakers will focus on when the House and Senate reconvene next month.

An appeals court upheld an 1895 state law that bars paying for rides to voting sites, a move one observer suggested is part of a broader partisan fight to impact voter turnout.

The Detroit-area credit union is offering consumers within five ZIP codes free trips to voting sites on Election Day.

The pivotal issue of the November vote will be a divided government versus a united government, and its possible effect on policies that can drive the economy and markets.

Only a few credit unions were open to the public as polling sites in the 2016 election and those numbers are set to be reduced even further this year.

The industry supports candidates on both sides of the aisle but has tilted toward Democrats during this cycle. Experts say that's partly a reflection of the current makeup of Congress.

The industry has mounted a massive get-out-the-vote effort, but institutions also want to keep politics out of the office.

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., a potential chair of the Senate Banking Committee in the next Congress, is expected to announce that he is not running in 2022.

New research reveals the financial services industry both prefers and predicts an incumbent win in November.