NEW YORK—For the third year in a row, Idaho Central Credit Union has been named as the best-performing credit union by SNL Financial, which has just released its list of the 50 best-performing credit unions of more than $500 million in assets in the U.S.
TAMPA, Fla.—Suncoast Credit Union here has joined with the National Federation of CDCUs to provide grants to as many as 10 Florida credit unions to be used to apply for Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) certification through the Federation’s Breakthrough Consulting Group.
HENDERSON, Nev.–Bluepoint Solutions and Unwired Nation have announced a new partnership to offer Bluepoint’s mobile Remote Deposit Capture (RDC) application to Unwired Nation’s community financial institution customers.
HARRISBURG, Penn.—The Pennsylvania CU Association’s highly successful iBelong credit union awareness campaign recently won first place for Best Credit Union Campaign in the CUNA Blockbuster Awards.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—With summer’s tornado season approaching, Communication FCU here is giving away four free storm shelters through a partnership with Survive-A-Storm Shelters.
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—NCUA has hired Edward Dorris as the agency’s chief information officer. Previously, Dorris served as CIO at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
SAN CARLOS, Calif.—One consulting group is proposing that a mobile payments council should be formed. The council would bring together all players in the mobile payments chain to level the playing field and bring more understanding and standards to a space that is evolving quickly.
WASHINGTON–Both NAFCU and CUNA are objecting to an announcement by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that it will now make public complaints by consumers against financial companies
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—NCUA has filed suit in federal court against HSBC Bank USA, National Association, alleging the bank violated state and federal law by failing to fulfill its duties as trustee for 37 residential mortgage-backed securities trusts.
WASHINGTON—The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking public comment on how the credit card market is functioning and the impact of credit card protections on consumers and issuers.
