<span class="vcard">Amanda Tuckey</span>
BRIEFLY: Sign up now for Examiner School in MI next week; TN Directors’ College coming; Student loan complaints drop again (for no specific reason); don’t forget to vote!
The NASCUS Michigan Examiner School gets underway on Thursday (Nov. 5) in a virtual setting. The three-hour session features sessions on fraud (with Rayleen Pirnie, Director Risk and Fraud, New...
In podcast, NASCUS’ Ito talks leadership, regulation, teambuilding
Credit unions, their relationships with regulators, leadership during a national pandemic, and teambuilding are all discussed during a podcast NASCUS President and CEO Lucy Ito recorded with news aggregator CUInsight,...
State system supports CECL proposal, but seeks some changes from NCUA
The state credit union system offered support for mitigating the day-one effect of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard on capital levels, but also offered a number of...
NCUA’s Hood recommits to financial inclusion
Saying he has “reinforced” his commitment to financial inclusion, NCUA Board Chairman Rodney Hood this week announced a new program sponsored by the agency to do just that, by launching...
Agencies issue proposed rule on guidance; NCUA to follow
The role of “supervisory guidance” would be clarified as meaning it doesn’t have the force of law in a proposed rule issued this week by federal banking regulators, CFPB and,...
BUSY CFPB: Issues chart of HMDA data to be collected …
A reference tool for HMDA data required to be collected and recorded in 2021 and reported in 2022 was published by CFPB late last week and is intended to help...
BUSY CFPB: Begins rulemaking on financial records access …
Information from the public on the best way to go about developing a rule on consumer access to financial records is being sought by CFPB in an advance notice of...
BUSY CFPB: Extends ‘GSE patch’ until new QM rule finalized
The “government-sponsored enterprise” (GSE) patch – which gives mortgages guaranteed by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae “qualified mortgage” (QM) status – will be extended until a final rule is approved...
Momentum growing for abandonment of LIBOR
The forward motion to officially sideline LIBOR (London Interbank Offering Rate) as a reference rate for such financial products as adjustable mortgages and others continued this week with two top...
Board OKs final rule on corporate CUs; leaves out sub-debt portions (for now)
A final rule on corporate credit unions that is generally aimed at clarifying a number of provisions in NCUA’s rules was approved unanimously by the agency’s board Thursday. In other...
Derivatives ‘streamlining’ proposed; cybersecurity discussed
In other action Thursday, the NCUA Board issued a proposed rule the agency said would streamline its regulations on derivatives, and heard a report on cybersecurity. Regarding the derivatives proposal,...
Unemployment insurance fraud under scrutiny
Unemployment insurance fraud related to the coronavirus crisis has earned the attention of the Treasury’s financial law enforcement arm, as the agency this week issued an advisory urging financial institutions...