Compliance

Build on a Solid Foundation

April 14, 2013
To implement these rules, credit unions must amend policies and forms, train staff, and adopt new procedures. READ MORE

Collaboration Eases Compliance Burden for Wisconsin CUs

April 04, 2013
The concept rotates six compliance specialists employed by the League Services Corp. through 23 of the state's CUs. READ MORE

Compliance Specialist Program has ‘Truly Been a Godsend’

April 03, 2013
Program saves CUs money while providing much-needed stability. READ MORE

Mortgage Lenders Prepare For June 1

April 01, 2013
The bulk of the new mortgage rules won’t take effect until next year READ MORE

Learn Strategies to Mitigate Cyberattacks

April 01, 2013
Distributed denial-of-service attacks cause Internet based service outages by overloading system resources, preventing legitimate users from accessing websites. READ MORE

A Few Highlights from CUNA’s Governmental Affairs Conference

April 01, 2013
It’s time for another big idea, journalist and author Tom Brokaw told attendees of CUNA’s Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington, D.C. READ MORE

Beware Mortgage Servicing Rule Pollyanna

March 22, 2013
Collective sigh of relief over small servicer exemption is premature. READ MORE

Advanced Transaction Monitoring Mitigates ACH Fraud Losses

March 07, 2013
Cyber criminals have cost U.S. companies more than $15 billion over the past five years. READ MORE

The CFPB Is Keeping an Aggressive Pace

March 06, 2013
Prepare for a long path of increased regulatory changes affecting virtually every consumer product and service. READ MORE

More Regulatory Pressure in Store for CUs

March 01, 2013
Pay close attention to dotting regulatory i’s and crossing compliance t’s. READ MORE
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Credit Union Magazine

May 2013

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Compliance Relief

It is almost a holiday weekend. I know that all of you compliance folks are tired from the CFPB’s onslaught of final and proposed rules. You have been going full speed since January. And, the CFPB is going to be issuing a lot more “stuff” in June. So, I thought I would take a minute to [...]

Free Grant Webinar for Low Income Designated Credit Unions

If you remember last summer, NCUA’s Office of Consumer Protection notified over 1000 federal credit unions across the country of their eligibility for low income designation.  NCUA’s initiative was in part due to President Obama’s relief and recovery package to help drought stricken states across the country.   Many of you accepted the designation; however, do [...]

Qualified Only

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase only qualified mortgages as of January 10, 2014. For those of us that follow the secondary mortgage market and compliance regulations, this shouldn’t be much of a surprise.   The new CFPB rule allows for loans to be underwritten as either [...]
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