Nov. 5, 2021 NASCUS Report
Posted November 4, 2021THIS WEEK: CUs, banks recommended issuers for stablecoins; First-ever order seeks to patch cyber issues; NCUA urges VITA engagement; CFPB takes aim at consumer report practice; Regulators, CU leaders take on issues; State system prominent in DEI confab; BRIEFLY: Fed cites climate change threats; FDIC opens office to support ‘mission-driven’ banks
Report calls for only federally insured CUs, banks to be stablecoin issuers
(Nov. 5, 2021) Payment stablecoins and their arrangements should be subject to a federal regulatory framework on a consistent and comprehensive basis through an act of Congress – including by…
Order, a first, aims to patch cyber vulnerabilities
(Nov. 5, 2021) Addressing and mitigating actively exploited vulnerabilities on all federal agency computer networks is the aim of a directive issued this week by the federal agency that oversees…
Letter urges CUs to participate in tax assistance program
(Nov. 5, 2021) Credit unions are encouraged to participate in the free program that helps members address their federal income taxes; credit unions have until Nov. 15 to contact the…
Bureau asserts ‘name-only’ matching falls outside of FCRA
(Nov. 5, 2021) A consumer reporting agency that uses “name-only” matching procedures is not using reasonable procedures mandated under federal consumer protection laws, the CFPB said this week. In an…
CEOs, regulators take on cutting-edge issues
(Clockwise from top left) Moderator George Hofheimer (Hofheimer Strategy Advisors), left, NASCUS President and CEO Lucy Ito and NASCUS EVP and General Counsel Brian Knight take in the Exchange discussion;…
NASCUS takes key role in DEI Summit
Participants in a first day’s panel at the NCUA DEI Summit this week were (from left) NASCUS’ Lucy Ito, CUNA’s Jim Nussle, and NAFCU’s B. Dan Berger. (Nov. 5, 2021)…
BRIEFLY: Fed statement: climate change poses ‘significant challenges’ to financial stability, safety and soundness; FDIC creates office to support ‘mission-driven banks’
(Nov. 5, 2021) Climate change poses “significant challenges” to the safety and soundness of financial institutions and the stability of the financial sector more broadly, the Federal Reserve said in…
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