DALLAS–Sky-high home prices mean demand for ever bigger mortgages, but those prices may also be causing a pullback in homebuying overall, according to one analyst.
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CHICAGO—Alliant Credit Union is reporting its loan trading desk sold $186.5 million and acquired $89 million in commercial and consumer loan participations during the first quarter of 2021.
WASHINGTON–CUNA has filed separate comment letters with NCUA on the Central Liquidity Facility and asset thresholds, respectively.
CINCINNATI—Two credit unions have announced new building projects, both of which are being led by the design/build firm DEI.
WESTBROOK, Maine–The Maine Credit Union League has announced the results of its election for board officers.
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has dismissed a class action lawsuit related to the Military Lending Act's (MLA) exception for motor vehicles. Among the points in the decision, the court determined Guaranteed Auto Protection (GAP) insurance is directly related to the purchase of a vehicle loan.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google has launched international money transfer partnerships with remittances firms Wise and Western Union Co for users of its U.S. payments app, the companies said.
WASHINGTON—The operators of a student loan debt relief scheme have been banned from providing debt relief services and have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they collected illegal upfront fees and falsely promised to lower or even eliminate consumers’ loan payments or balances, the FTC reported.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.–In the wake of congressional testimony by NCUA Chairman Todd Harper calling for the agency to be given supervisory oversight authority over third-party vendors to credit unions, the National Association of Credit Union Service Organizations (NACUSO) is calling such a regulatory expansion a “concern” and saying the agency lacks the “expertise” to do so.
WASHINGTON–President Biden has issued an executive order that directs federal agencies to launch or expand efforts to analyze and lessen economic risks stemming from climate change.