ALEXANDRIA, Va.--NCUA Wednesday released its 2025 Annual Report, highlighting the agency’s activities and accomplishments over the past year.
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KENNEWICK, Wash.— The $75-million Tri-CU said it has paid a second 50% APY special dividend in three months, with the $75-million credit union crediting roughly $20 to members who maintained an average balance of $500 in eligible primary savings and kids’ accounts during March.
WASHINGTON— The Trump Administration is asking a federal appeals court for permission to move ahead with a new plan to slash the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s workforce by more than half, according to court filings reported by Bloomberg Law.
LACEY, Wash.— The $4.3-billion Peak Credit Union has laid off 85 employees across multiple states, with the cuts early last week as the recently rebranded institution moves to adjust to what it described as current economic pressures, according to The Olympian.
WASHINGTON— Mortgage applications decreased 10.4% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 27, 2026.
WASHINGTON—The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appears to be moving toward finalizing a controversial fair-lending rule that would narrow longstanding anti-discrimination requirements for lenders, with a government website showing the proposal is now under review at the Office of Management and Budget and marked for “no material change” from the version unveiled in November, according to Reuters.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.—WyHy Federal Credit Union has named Matthew Ballou CEO, succeeding longtime leader Bill Willingham, who has been with the $411-million credit union since 1984 and has served as CEO since 1992.
WASHINGTON--Mortgage performance remained broadly stable at the nation’s largest bank servicers at year-end, but foreclosure activity picked up notably from a year earlier, according to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s newly updated Mortgage Metrics Report for the fourth quarter of 2025.
MADISON, Wis. — The National Credit Union Foundation has launched its inaugural Credit Union Development Education (DE) Alumni Advisory Group, a new initiative aimed at deepening engagement across the DE alumni network and expanding the program’s impact as alumni work to advance financial well-being within their organizations and communities.
NEW YORK— Scams often succeed because victims send money before they have time to stop and think, with nearly two-thirds of scam payments made within 24 hours, according to a November report from PYMNTS Intelligence, commissioned by Block. Based on a survey of 15,110 U.S. consumers, PYMNTS found 19% said they had experienced at least one scam over the past five years.