Total loans outstanding in federally insured credit unions increased $132 billion, or 9.1%, over the year ending in the third quarter of 2023, to $1.59 trillion, according to the latest financial performance data released by NCUA.
Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions, in partnership with the USAID/World Council of Credit Unions Credit for Agriculture Producers Project, launched a $200,000 digitalization program to help Ukrainian credit unions upgrade core banking systems and modernize services.
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.
The Winter 2023 issue of Credit Union Magazine explores award-winning marketing, board training on a budget, developments in instant payments, service to small businesses, and NCUA’s final rule on member expulsion.