DALLAS–Swirlds, creators of the hashgraph distributed consensus platform, and CULedger, a credit union consortium supported by CUNA and the Mountain West Credit Union Association, have announced an agreement whereby CULedger will use Swirlds’ hashgraph technology as a key component of CULedger’s permissioned, distributed, shared ledger platform for credit unions.
WASHINGTON—Credit unions saw several “victories” last week with passage by the House of a Congressional Budget Resolution and emergency disaster funding legislation, CUNA reported.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—PSCU and CU Direct have announced a partnership and new product offering for PSCU and its member-owner credit unions.
MECHANICSBURG, Penn.–The $3.6-billion Members 1st Credit Union has named a new president and CEO. The credit union has selected George Nahodil to lead the organization.
NORTH CANTON, Ohio – Three credit unions have announced name changes.
PURCHASE, N.Y.–Mastercard has introduced Consumer Control to help cardholders keep track of all the places their payment card details are stored.
SAN FRANCISCO–It may bring back memories to some of the run-up to the housing crash of a decade ago, but house-flipping is back in numerous markets across the country.
SEATTLE—The Amazon Echo can now be used to place phone calls to both mobile devices and landlines.
DUBLIN, Ireland–Exploratory talks on a potential partnership between Germany-based Sparkasse and Ireland’s credit unions could begin within weeks, after the German community bank promised it could introduce low interest rates for both mortgage and SME borrowers.
SHOREVIEW, Minn.—An ATM card skimming ring, which has already stolen tens of thousands of dollars, is suspected to be working in Wisconsin.
