Tax

The merging banks, whose new headquarters would be Charlotte, N.C., will each double their charitable giving over the next three years in Atlanta and Winston-Salem, N.C.

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to consider changes that would allow consumers to block calls from numbers not on their contacts list while the House should vote to extend the National Flood Insurance Program.

A former employee from a New York credit union pleaded guilty to theft and tax evasion while another was accused of falsifying records.

One credit union economist says tit-for-tat on tariffs could slow economic growth but will not result in an economic downturn.

Banks would be better able to comply with anti-money-laundering laws if all 50 states collected information on the owners of new corporations and published it in a national database, Comptroller Joseph Otting said Monday.

Two economists speaking during CU Direct's recent Drive conference in Las Vegas offered predictions on how a variety of economic factors could impact credit union auto lending portfolios in the not-too-distant future.

A federal court this week will hear arguments in NCUA's appeal of a a judge's split decision on its 2016 field of membership rule while the new NCUA board meets later in the week.

The fight over the credit union industry's tax-exempt status has moved from the federal to state level. It will take the entire movement working together to combat these challenges.

Tax-related identity theft can be especially worrisome, not only for the monetary consequences it carries, but tax documents often contain highly sensitive information, like Social Security numbers, writes Paige Schaffer, president and COO of Generali Global Assistance’s Identity and Digital Protection Services Global Unit.

Along with amendments to the Bank Secrecy Act, the Taxpayers First Act could help credit unions maintain their tax-exempt status.