CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle will attend NAFCU’s Congressional Caucus to discuss advocacy priorities and what the proposed transformation to America’s Credit Unions means for the credit union industry. 

CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle and NAFCU President/CEO Dan Berger shared their vision for America’s Credit Unions Thursday at the Defense Credit Union Council’s 60^th Annual Conference. The two also spoke to Credit Union Times Thursday while at the conference.

On the latest episode of NAFCU’s Credit Union Policy Podcast, host and NAFCU Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Ann Petros talks with CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle on the future of the credit union movement, including the latest on the proposed merger. 

The Federal Communications Commission should make use of caller ID and require adequate verification of the authenticity of the caller ID information to avoid illegal call spoofing, CUNA, NAFCU, and other organizations wrote in comments filed this week with the FCC.

CUNA, the Cornerstone League, and Rally Credit Union are calling for parity in the treatment of financial institutions that make business loans following a preliminary injunction against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) section 1071 rule.  
The three organizations filed a motion to intervene Thursday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. 

CUNA Senior Economist Dawit Kebede said the Labor Department’s July Consumer Price Index Report indicates inflation continues to cool down, as the annualized inflation measure of the average for last three months which excludes lagged housing is about 2%.

CUNA-League advocates messaged Congress to share information about key areas of the credit union difference.

Credit union officials met with Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., at the Illinois Credit Union League’s Springfield office Monday, discussing the financial services that credit unions provide to the nearly 345,000 credit union members residing in Illinois’ 13^th Congressional District.

Credit union association leaders are working together to delay the CFPB from enforcing and implementing its final rule on section 101 of the Dodd-Frank Act. CUNA and NAFCU wrote a joint letter outlining concerns and requesting the delay of the rule after a U.S. District Court decision.

CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle and NAFCU President/CEO Dan Berger issued a joint statement in response to the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund’s Community Development Advisory Board’s Final and Approved CDFI Certification Recommendations adopted last week.