Seven questions about fintech charters
Yesterday’s announcement by the OCC that it will begin accepting FinTech Bank charter applications is as big a development for banking as passage of the Riegle-Neal Act in 1994 ...
The latest from John Pettit
CUNA Business Lending Roundtable set for San Diego
The next CUNA Business Lending Roundtable will be held Jan. 29-30, 2019, in San Diego. This discussion-based event will cover a wide array of current and upcoming developments and issues ...
NAFCU-sought RBC-delay proposal slated for NCUA action today
The NCUA Board today will consider NAFCU’s proposal to delay the agency’s risk-based capital (RBC) rule. NAFCU has long supported and led efforts to delay the RBC rule ...
Loan Zone: Serving owners of manufactured homes
Despite news reports that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will start pilot programs for chattel manufactured home loans, don’t look for a big move by them any time soon ...
CEO leaves New Hampshire’s largest credit union
New Hampshire’s largest credit union is not saying why its former CEO/president David Van Rossum is no longer working at the $3.3 billion Service Credit Union in ...
Breached or soon to be breached … plan anyway (Part 1)
“… credit unions are no longer flying under the radar – credit unions are targets of cybercriminal activity.” – Larry Fazio, Deputy Executive Director, NCUA The increased use of mobile platform access, for ...
Don’t let your credit union flatline
With the aging of the baby boomers, we are seeing a tidal wave of credit union CEO retirements. Despite seeing great progress in the credit union movement, we find that ...
Your marketing mission . . . should you choose to accept it . . .
Cue the Mission Impossible theme song. One of the blockbuster movies this summer is Mission Impossible: Fallout. If you haven’t seen it yet, get to a theatre near you ...