The NCUA Board will vote on a final 2024-25 budget and issue a request for comment on its Overhead Transfer Rate (OTR) methodology at its Dec. 14 meeting. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET and will be streamed live on NCUA.gov.

The Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund finalized its application Thursday, incorporating many changes CUNA and NAFCU called for throughout the process.

The CFPB took action Thursday against Atlantic Union Bank for enrolling thousands of customers in overdraft programs covered by the Electronic Fund Transfer Act without the proper consent. The consent order covered both in-person consumers and consumers who opened accounts by phone.  

America’s credit unions play an integral role in helping working families achieve homeownership, CUNA and NAFCU wrote to a House Financial Services subcommittee in advance of its hearing on housing affordability.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced Wednesday he will resign from Congress at the end of the year. McCarthy, who served as Speaker of the House from January to October, has served in Congress since 2007 and has been a strong credit union supporter dating back to before his time in Congress.

CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle and Deputy Chief Advocacy Officer Jason Stverak were named among The Hill’s top lobbyists for 2023 as “impactful advocates [that] stand out for the results they’ve delivered for their clients, companies, trade associations and advocacy groups in the nation’s capital.”

CUNA, NAFCU, and financial services organizations wrote to President Joe Biden this week asking for him to emphasize the need for proper rulemaking procedure, noting the CFPB continues to issue guidance that operates as a rule without the notice and comment process.

More needs to be done to ensure credit unions have the tools and mechanisms to reach new consumers who are not currently being served, CUNA and NAFCU wrote to a House Financial Services subcommittee prior to its hearing on financial innovation.

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election in 2024. McHenry has served in Congress since 2005 and has chaired the House Financial Services Committee since January 2023.

Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, thanked credit unions on the House floor for the loans many provide to help families with adoption costs to commemorate November as National Adoption Month and in support of his legislation when discussion his legislation to help lower adoption costs.