Litigation

Federal regulators should consider applying guidance that is nearly two decades old to end uncertainty about the legality of particular bank partnerships.

Industry trade groups, which have been active in fighting lawsuits that allege violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, hailed the decision.

Linda Levy, CEO of Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union, has no regrets about suing President Trump when he appointed Mick Mulvaney to run the CFPB, despite some negative reactions from her credit union colleagues.

CUNA and the credit union leagues of Illinois and Wisconsin filed a brief in support of an institution that is embroiled in litigation over whether its website meets the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The Maryland-based credit union sued the nation's largest CUSO over call center services, but the two sides didn't take long to come to an agreement.

The industry spent a good portion of 2018 fighting ADA and overdraft lawsuits, and experts say despite some progress, next year could hold more of the same.

A number of credit unions have been hit with lawsuits that claim they have charged members overdraft fees despite there being sufficient funds in checking accounts.

An institution in California calling itself Indian Federal Credit Union purports to be operational but does not have all the required regulatory approvals.

The Massachusetts senator said the government’s findings bolster allegations that the servicer steered borrowers into expensive student loan forbearance plans.

The bank recently notified an upstate New York man that he was wrongly denied a mortgage modification, and enclosed a $25,000 check. But details of what went wrong have been hard to come by.