Natural disasters

From delivering water door to door to turning offices into shelters, bankers in the state have adapted their hurricane-response plans to offer customers and employees relief from the past week's snow emergency and power outages.

A severe cold snap in the state has tested financial institutions unaccustomed to such weather-related disruption.

Branches in the Gulf Coast region largely avoided massive flooding. Now bankers must assess the impact on employees and customers.

The agency said national banks could close offices “at their discretion” as a safety precaution if they are affected by fires in California and Colorado.

The account would complement the existing Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and could be replenished annually if banks and credit unions use the funds to help when natural disasters and other crises occur.

From natural disasters to pandemics, the best business-continuity strategy may simply be to ensure you have a strategy.

Recovery from a massive storm that touched down near Nashville is in its early stages, but bankers are looking at fee waivers and increased access to cash for those who were affected.

The largest bank in Puerto Rico said hundreds of millions of dollars of its mortgages and consumer loans are tied to the parts of the island hit by the recent quake or still recovering from two hurricanes.

From power outages to branch closures and even homeless kangaroos, rampant wildfires have presented credit unions in Australia with challenges they've rarely seen before.

A group of 64 House lawmakers is pushing congressional leadership to incorporate premium caps and address a new methodology for assessing risk in flood insurance reform legislation.

Executives at banks in California say there's only so much they can do until the flames subside.

Northern California utility company PG&E recently shut off power to more than 2 million consumers, meaning some insitutions had to move quickly to minimize the outages' impact on operations.

Members from states threatened by storms say their proposal is better for consumers than recent legislation passed by the House Financial Services Committee.

The organization is looking to raise $100,000, which will be used to support in credit unions abroad in the wake of a natural disaster.

From regulatory reform to natural disasters and more, here's a look at Credit Union Journal's special report on what to expect for the second half of the year.

A $19.1 billion aid package signed into law earlier this month is welcome news for credit unions in Nebraska and a host of other regions that have suffered from recent natural disasters.

Lenders are turning to the Farm Service Agency to backstop more loans as their Midwestern customers are beset by flooding in addition to the U.S. trade war with China and volatile crop prices. Can the FSA meet the increased demand?

Congress extended the National Flood Insurance Program through June 14, preventing the federal initiative from expiring on Saturday.

The disaster has caused billions of dollars in damages across several Midwestern states.

Rising waters in the Cornhusker State have already caused in excess of $1 billion in damages.