CUNA witness to testify on serving legal cannabis businesses
Rachel Pross, chief risk officer at MAPS CU, Salem, Ore., will testify on CUNA’s behalf at a House Financial Services Committee hearing Wednesday. Pross will testify before the House ...
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NCUA, FHFA nomination hearings expected next week
The Senate Banking Committee announced its plans to hold nomination hearings for key posts at the NCUA and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) next week. Scheduled for Feb. 14, ...
Assisting members with Medicare enrollment
With 20,000 of its members reaching age 64½ this year, $2.9 billion SAFE Credit Union has introduced free Medicare consultations to help them choose the right plans and ...
Beyond IT: How to create an organization-wide cybersecurity culture
Many organizations think of cybersecurity as strictly in terms of information technology (IT): Lock down the data, the assumption goes, and all is well. But threats aren’t always external: ...
Managers commit 85% of embezzlement cases, survey finds
Eighty-five percent of embezzlement cases were committed by someone at the managerial level or higher, according to a new survey of chief financial officers, controllers and accountants commissioned by Hiscox, ...
As banks grow, so does their hypocrisy
Bankers have been taking their claws out lately when it comes to credit unions. In addition to the usual attacks on the credit union tax status, they loudly protested the ...
11 questions to gauge your EQ
Having emotional intelligence (EQ) is important for development and success – both personally and professionally. But before we can put it into practice, it’s important to be aware of where ...
Reasons why you need a data warehouse strategy – Part 1
So, you can now breathe a little easier, just a little, with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) officially delaying Current Expected Credit Loss (“CECL”) implementation to fiscal years beginning ...