The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released proposed rules making changes to its short-term, small-dollar lending rule Wednesday. CUNA has called on the CFPB to revise its rule to ensure credit unions are able to continue [...]
Huddle House has notified consumers of a breach to its point-of-sale (POS) system, which likely impacted 341 locations between August 2017 and Feb. 1. The company said that malware was installed on POS systems to [...]
The House Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee next week will hold a hearing on the thorny issue of banking access for those engaged in marijuana-related business. The hearing is scheduled for Feb. 13 at [...]
With snow blanketing the ground and cold winds swirling the arctic air, few things sound better than summer vacation. Can you feel the sun-warmed sand between your toes? Your Hispanic members feel the same way. [...]
In the U.S. today, there are at least 40 digital-first challenger banks. The U.K. has more than double that. Now granted, you can debate what is and isn’t a challenger bank until [...]
Passwords are as consequential to our everyday lives as car keys. If we want to go anywhere, we need them. And losing or forgetting them can derail an entire day. Most people require only one [...]
Getting ready for things isn’t always easy. Honestly, some mornings I lie awake in bed and sigh audibly for 20 minutes just because I don’t want to get ready for work. Nevertheless, I [...]
Homes for sale sat on the market for only 54 days in June 2018 — an all-time low according to data and analysis from realtor.com. For lenders hoping to recapture that lightning in a jar, [...]
If you’re paying for cable, bottled water, and drive-thru meals, you know you could be saving a lot of money. But what other ways are you wasting your hard-earned cash? Here are four other [...]
The world of marketing is ever evolving, especially with the rapid changes to social media algorithms and shifts to an emphasis on digital marketing. While the intent of capturing the attention of consumers has remained [...]
Service Alone Isn't Enough I still see credit unions with a mission based on providing good, great, outstanding, and sometimes exceptional, service. While ‘service with a smile’ is great, if that’s all you have [...]
There are two ways to clean a garage. One, you can cherry pick what no longer has value and discard it. Two, and my personal favorite, is to drag everything out into the driveway and [...]
CUNA called on NCUA to do more to prepare credit unions for the current expected credit loss (CECL) standard in a letter to Chair J. Mark McWatters sent Tuesday. The letter echoes CUNA’s request [...]
Total vehicle sales decreased to a rate of 16.7 million annualized units in January. NAFCU Chief Economist and Vice President of Research Curt Long attributed the loss to the lasting effects of the government [...]
Men are the biggest offenders of expense report fraud by a wide margin, according to the latest data from AppZen’s Expense Report Audit platform. Of all expense fraud detected by AppZen, only 12.3 [...]
