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Federal Reserve paper on fintech partnerships

Federal Reserve paper on fintech partnerships

Earlier this month, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) issued a paper on Community Bank Access to Innovation through Partnerships. In the paper’s preface, the Federal Reserve noted that [...]

NCUA

Congress should provide NCUA ability to offer PCA forbearance

CUNA encourages Congress to enact legislation that provides flexibility to NCUA to offer forbearance from prompt corrective action to otherwise healthy credit unions impacted by federally declared emergencies or disasters, it wrote to a House [...]

Are women better leaders?

Are women better leaders?

I just finished an interview with the female CEO of a fairly large credit union. I love conducting interviews. It’s my favorite part of my job, and luckily, I get to conduct a lot [...]

Regulatory compliance hot topics

Regulatory compliance hot topics

Democratic control of the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives has created a new climate for regulation, says Jared Ihrig, CUNA’s chief compliance officer. The resulting rollback in regulatory relief reforms may increase [...]

BSA/OFAC update: Recent actions and guidance

BSA/OFAC update: Recent actions and guidance

Fall 2021 is finally here. This fall and winter could potentially see some changes to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) landscape, as regulations are expected to implement provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 [...]

Credit union branches—dead or alive?

Credit union branches—dead or alive?

The perennial debate rages on.  For quite a while, we’ve heard that branches are dead (or dying)—”nobody needs to venture into brick and mortar when they can do all of their ‘banking’ from [...]

5 executive insights on the future of the workplace

5 executive insights on the future of the workplace

We had a lively talk with a diversity of opinion about the future of the workplace at this year’s CEOs and Senior Executives Conference. Our panelists had very different ideas about what the past [...]

Mobile devices: A hacker’s paradise

Mobile devices: A hacker’s paradise

Mobile devices may not be your first thought when you hear of cyberattacks. However, the somewhat frightening reality is that mobile devices are the perfect recipe for disaster when it comes to being targets. Did [...]