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Regulatory Actions the CFPB Intends to Pursue

The CFPB recently announced a list of six regulatory actions it intends to pursue as part of its fall 2021 agenda through Oct. 31, 2022. “Our fall 2021 agenda reflects the continuation of significant rulemakings that further our consumer financial protection mission...

New High Severity Log4Shell Exploit

Criminals are actively leveraging a new zero-day exploit, known as Log4Shell, to break into systems at organizations of all sizes, as well as cloud providers. This new vulnerability named has emerged allowing adversaries to execute code on any server running the Java...

Family Focus FCU CEO Amy Brodersen Appointed to CUNA Committees

A great big congratulations to Amy Brodersen, CEO of Family Focus FCU for being selected to serve on two CUNA Committees. Amy was named Chair of the Small Credit Union Committee. The Committee is comprised chiefly of officials from smaller credit unions and tracks...

CU4Kids 25th Year Fundraising Challenge

This year marks 25 years of this tremendous and unparalleled partnership. To celebrate this milestone, credit unions are invited to take the CU4Kids 25th Year Fundraising Challenge and make a one-time donation to CMN Hospitals, benefitting local kids and families...

Infrastructure Bill Passed…Uphill Battle for Reconciliation Bill

President Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill on November 15th. The bill enjoyed bipartisan support including the support of Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer and Congressman Don Bacon. The law will allocate new funding to projects to improve roads,...

House Financial Services Committee Advances CU Member Expulsion Bill

The U.S. House Financial Services Committee advanced, on a voice vote, H.R. 2311, the Credit Union Modernization Act, which would provide federal credit unions the ability to expel disruptive members for cause with a two-thirds vote of the credit union’s board of...

Holiday Spending Plans Thrive With Prepaid & Virtual Gift Cards

The holiday season is synonymous with spending. Those of us with the best budgeting intentions can quickly get into the red as we gather the last-minute essentials and tiniest of stocking stuffers. It all adds up so quickly. This year, with the supply chain shortages...

CUFN High School Scholarship

Again in 2022, we will be offering the CUFN High School Scholarship.  This scholarship will be available to any high school graduation senior that has been a credit union member for at least 60 days prior to applying.  There will be one $500 scholarship available for...

CU4Kids Donations Due

It’s time to get all your CU4Kids donations in for 2021! Please send any donations to the League office as soon as possible!  That way you will have your amounts included in your totals for the annual Awards given out in June. DONATION CHECKS:   For general proceeds,...

Learning from Top-Performing Credit Unions: Strategic Do’s & Don’ts

By: Steve Heusuk, CUNA Mutual Group’s Sr. Manager, Customer Intelligence In 2008, the bottom fell out of the economy. The Great Recession devastated world financial markets, the banking industry and real estate. During this time of great economic upheaval, CUNA Mutual...

CFPB says Banks Heavily Reliant on Overdraft & NSF Fee Revenues

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a report on the fees garnered by financial institutions through overdraft protection and non-sufficient funds (NSF) services. The CFPB’s report showed that revenues from overdraft protection and NSF...

An Actionable Approach

Alesia Architecture, P.C. is a nationally recognized design firm that provides design services to healthcare, government, financial, commercial, and senior living clients. It is a service-disable veteran-owned small business located in Elkhorn, NE.  WHAT MOTIVES...

Illinois Credit Union League Names Date for 2022 Social Media Blitz

After an enormously successful inaugural launch in 2021, the #ILoveMyCreditUnion initiative will return to make an even greater impact in 2022! Credit unions, leagues, associations, and industry partners all joined together to proclaim their credit union love on a...

Liberty First CU Gets Name on Ralston Arena

Liberty First CU was just crowned as the naming sponsor for the Ralston Arena!  Congratulations on your active engagement with the Ralston community! The article below was posted by KETV in Omaha on Wednesday, December 8, 2021.   Ralston Arena gets naming sponsor...