Credit unions will have their first opportunity to hear from the federal regulator about its recently released budget proposal and also get an update on the agency's diversity self-assessment. ... Read full article
A contentious presidential contest and social justice protests have forced employers to consider whether these types of topics should be discussed in the workplace. ... Read full article
Bill Bynum, president and CEO of Hope Federal Credit Union, and Gail Laster, former director of the National Credit Union Administration's consumer-protection division, are working with the incoming administration. ... Read full article
With many Americans and members of Congress questioning the results of the presidential election, financial services trade associations quickly vowed to work with the incoming administration. ... Read full article
As lawmakers look for ways to plug budget gaps, credit union groups are preparing for a possible assault on the industry's tax exemption at the state and federal level. ... Read full article
The trade group supported 11 incumbents running for re-election, including the embattled Maine Sen. Susan Collins, and may have helped Republicans maintain control of the Senate. ... Read full article
A look at how credit unions and the industry at large have intersected with the 2020 election. ... Read full article
Democracy Federal Credit Union is the latest to move ahead with plans to shut down on Nov. 3 so employees can get to the polls. ... Read full article
A recently introduced bill concerning the Paycheck Protection Program loans could hint at what lawmakers will focus on when the House and Senate reconvene next month. ... Read full article
An appeals court upheld an 1895 state law that bars paying for rides to voting sites, a move one observer suggested is part of a broader partisan fight to impact voter turnout. ... Read full article
The Detroit-area credit union is offering consumers within five zip codes free trips to voting sites on Election Day. ... Read full article
Only a few credit unions were open to the public as polling sites in the 2016 election and those numbers are set to be reduced even further this year. ... Read full article
The industry supports candidates on both sides of the aisle but has tilted towards Democrats during this cycle. Experts say that's partly a reflection of the current makeup of Congress. ... Read full article
The industry has mounted a massive get-out-the-vote effort, but institutions also want to keep politics out of the office. ... Read full article
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., a potential chair of the Senate Banking Committee in the next Congress, is expected to announce that he is not running in 2022. ... Read full article
New research reveals the financial services industry both prefers and predicts an incumbent win in November. ... Read full article
A collaboration between the two industries to help voters cast absentee ballots has been approved to continue through the general election. ... Read full article
The Baltimore institution said it would close on Nov. 3 with the intention that employees use the paid time off to participate in the democratic process. ... Read full article
Victories in Massachusetts earlier this week bring the Credit Union Legislative Action Council to a 96% success rate backing races in this election cycle. ... Read full article
The Senate is losing several key backers of last spring’s regulatory relief bill in the wake of the midterm elections. ... Read full article
