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SANTA MONICA, Calif.  — New-vehicle financing trends in Q3 2025 continue to underscore the affordability challenges facing car shoppers, Edmunds reports, noting that more than one in five car loans stretching to seven years or longer.

WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency moved this week to significantly ease oversight of community banks, unveiling a package of guidance and proposed rule changes aimed at cutting red tape, streamlining licensing, and eliminating outdated reporting requirements—including fair housing data collection rules the agency says are no longer necessary.

WASHINGTON— In a development that could heighten the need for credit unions to assist members affected by the government shutdown, POLITICO reports that furloughed federal employees may not receive back pay once the shutdown ends, according to a memo circulated by the White House.

NEW YORK— U.S. consumers grew more concerned about inflation and the labor market in September, according to new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Survey of Consumer Expectations.

­­PERU, N.Y.—Members of $57-million Mountain Valley FCU here have voted to approve the merger with $2.8-billion AmeriCU Credit Union, based in Rome, N.Y.

MANCHESTER, Conn.—Police say thieves used a stolen pickup truck to rip open an ATM at Nutmeg State Federal Credit Union early Sunday, making off with an undisclosed amount of cash, the Stamford Advocate reported.

CHICAGO— A new TransUnion report warns that account takeover fraud remains the most significant threat facing U.S. credit unions today.