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Comments on credit card late fee proposal due May 3

Comments on credit card late fee proposal due May 3

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published its proposal on credit card late fees in the Federal Register Wednesday with comments due May 3. CUNA has called on the CFPB to release the Federal Reserve [...]

SBC examines oversight of failed banks

SBC examines oversight of failed banks

Yesterday, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing to discuss with regulators the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank collapses, which occurred earlier this month. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Martin Gruenberg, Federal [...]

Nine insights on achieving board success with technology

Nine insights on achieving board success with technology

During OnBoard’s ATLAS Leadership Series, technology pioneer and IBM Fellow Emeritus Nick Donofrio explained the mindset leaders can adopt to spur continuous improvement. A prolific board director, Donofrio recently published a memoir called, “If [...]

How to start a podcast

How to start a podcast

From comedy to news, sports, true crime, and finance, there’s a podcast for everything. But there might not be a podcast for your credit union—or the niche your credit union is capable of [...]

CEO sabbaticals get popular

CEO sabbaticals get popular

From credit union consolidation to lingering “Great Resignation” trends, several market realities are pushing leadership continuity toward the top of the list of credit union priorities. Add to those realities inclusion of succession planning in [...]

Leaders in Lending | Ep. 102: The Upstart Macro Index (UMI)

Leaders in Lending | Ep. 102: The Upstart Macro Index (UMI)

In 2021, loan repayments were at a historic high; by mid-2022, the tables had turned — what happened? To get to the bottom of this alarming shift, Upstart created the Upstart Macro Index (UMI), a precise, [...]

Latest CU growth outlook research defines new member-centric model

Latest CU growth outlook research defines new member-centric model

Today’s consumers feel less financially secure than ever before. From rising interest rates and runaway inflation to job losses and bank failures, members are looking to their credit unions as beacons of stability among [...]

Can credit unions purchase participation loans?

Can credit unions purchase participation loans?

Happy Wednesday, Compliance Friends! It was nice seeing some of you a couple weeks ago at Compliance School! Recently I’ve received a couple questions regarding participation loans, so I figured it would be a [...]