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1.5KCredit UnionsCredit Union Helps US Marijuana Businesses Put Down Roots
With a growing number of states giving recreational marijuana the green light, legal marijuana businesses, which typically operate using cash, struggle to...
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2.2KCredit UnionsNEW REPORT: Credit Unions Help Marijuana Businesses Cut Through Financial Haze
When it comes to making financial decisions, businesses and consumers alike need to be well-informed — and in recent weeks, several credit...
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2.1KCredit UnionsPSCU CEO: The Quiet Power Of Credit Unions’ 100M-Member Network
Credit unions can be easy to overlook and underestimate — individually, they generally don’t have a massive amount of assets, their membership...
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4.1KBank RegulationFederal Agencies Weigh In On Sharing Bank Secrecy Act Resources
Five federal agencies spoke on Wednesday (Oct. 3) on how community banks and credit unions can share resources to boost anti-money laundering (AML) efforts,...
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2.7KSecurity & FraudCredit Unions, Community Banks Can Pool Resources To Fight Money Laundering
Federal regulators ruled Wednesday (October 3) that credit unions and community banks can pool resources for anti-money laundering compliance so that they can protect...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsFDIC Says Banks’ SMB Lending May Be Significantly Underestimated
A new Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) report suggests banks’ contribution to small business (SMB) lending is significantly underestimated. The FDIC spoke...
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3.3KCredit UnionsWhy Credit Unions Should Talk The Fraud Prevention Talk
When it comes to how consumers think about where their funds are the safest, large banks can benefit from somewhat of a...
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3.2KRegulationBritish Airways Data Hack A Test Case For GDPR
GDPR compliance has yet to be fully embraced by firms on a global scale, yet headlines from this past week show just...
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2.8KToday In DataToday In Data: Firing Up Faster Payments While Fighting Faster Fraud
Faster payments pack a lot of potential – technologically speaking and in terms of usefulness. And they are clearly providing for a need wanted...
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4.1KSecurity & FraudCO-OP On The Fraud-Fighting Balancing Act
Credit unions (CUs) face a delicate balancing act when it comes fighting fraud — a specific needle they need to thread, CO-OP Financial...
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8.8KInnovationMoving Past The Myths Of Payments Innovation
All you need is a hot idea and some funding. All you have to do is listen to what consumers say they...
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741Today In DataToday In Data: Matching The Right Solution To The Right Problem
There is always a bit of a matching game going on in payments and commerce: As solutions proliferate, there’s a race to...
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1.8KCredit UnionsNavy Federal Deploys Financial Literacy To The Front Lines
Frequent deployments and transfers can leave many military families dependent on a single income source. A lack of financial education can leave...
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2.2KToday In DataToday In Data: Going Big, Thinking Small
The marketplace of 2018 and its many opportunities are the favored fodder for optimists in the digital age. But a fast-growing world...
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1.4KCredit UnionsTo Aid Volcano Victims, Hawaii First Thinks Small
In the new Credit Union Tracker™, Hawaii First FCU CEO Laura Aguirre explains how the credit union is resettling residents affected by...
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3.7KCredit UnionsNEW REPORT: New Regs Open New Markets For Credit Unions
The credit union (CU) market has long argued that rules intended for larger, more traditional banks have unjustly been applied to their...
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2.2KToday In DataPayments’ Ever-Increasing Tempo
A decade ago, when Britain first launched its Faster Payments Scheme, buzz had barely begun on the topic. Ten years and 9.1...
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2.1KPayment MethodsFirecracker Research Informs Payments Decision Makers
Languid hot holiday day? Day off from work? Time to get thinking -- about payments, financial services and innovation, and getting a leg...
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2.5KArtificial IntelligenceAI And Credit Unions: A Tool, Not Just Tech
Across the U.S., there are 5,757 credit unions with 103.992 million members – and it’s been reported by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) that...
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1.7KCredit UnionsNPCU On Catering To Police Needs
The 900,000 law enforcement officers in the U.S. face work-related financial concerns that aren’t easily solved by mainstream FIs. Jim Bedinger, president...
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3.0KCredit UnionsTRENDING: Why Cops Aren’t Well Served By Traditional FIs
From planning for a worst-case scenario in the line of duty to buying new uniforms, law enforcement officers face financial stresses that...
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3.1KDigital BankingFinastra Acquires Mobile Banking Provider Malauzai
Finastra, the FinTech company, announced Monday (June 18) that it has acquired Malauzai, a provider of mobile and internet banking solutions for...
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4.6KSecurity & FraudThe Path To Consumers’ Digital Hearts Is Paved With Alerts
Data collection is vital. So are mobile and fraud alerts. However, for banks and credit unions still trying to do more to...
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2.3KBank RegulationCongress Passes Bill To Ease Regs On Small Banks
A bill that would give regional banks a break on regulation won approval in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday (May...
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2.5KToday In DataRecycling Old Methods Into New Ideas
Innovation, though it involves finding new good ideas, is also about holding onto and properly preserving the old ones. Some old ideas...
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6.8KCFPBMulvaney Seeks To Change The Qualified Mortgage Rule
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) acting director Mick Mulvaney is looking to change the Qualified Mortgage (QM) rule. “Our duty is to...
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3.1KCredit UnionsCO-OP Boosts Fraud Security To Credit Unions
CO-OP Financial Services said Tuesday (May 9) that it is releasing fraud-fighting tools for its client credit unions, a move that would...
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3.8KData DiveCO-OP Network President: Shared Branching And Credit Union Service Ubiquity
Consumers, on the whole, really like doing business with their credit unions. According to the latest iteration of the Credit Union Tracker, 81 percent of credit union customers report...
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3.6KCredit UnionsWings Financial Credit Union Charts Early Tech Adoption Course
Airline industry professionals are perhaps the ultimate mobile customer: In the latest Credit Union Tracker™, Wings Financial Credit Union VPs Mike Sahr...
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4.3KCredit UnionsWings Financial: Giving Airline Employees Their Mobile Payments Wings
In the financial services world, staying connected is more important than ever for FIs and customers alike. Credit unions want members to...
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2.7KBankingCO-OP Financial Brings More Personalization To ATMs
In an effort to help credit unions provide digital-first services to consumers, CO-OP Financial Services announced news on Thursday (April 12) that...
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6.9KBankingConsumers Paid $34.3B In Overdraft Fees In 2017
Overdraft fees have reached their highest level since 2009, which was at the end of the Great Recession. Consumers paid $34.3 billion...
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5.9KAlexa Voice ChallengePSCU Builds Alexa Sidekick For Credit Union Members
Troy wakes up, checks his calendar while brushing his teeth and pays his bills as he gets dressed. He checks account balances,...
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3.8KVoice ActivationVoice And Visual: Better Together On The Echo Show
There’s a lot that developers can do with voice, and that’s at the heart of the PYMNTS.com Voice Challenge with Amazon Alexa...
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7.8KB2B PaymentsMicrosoft Goes After Credit Unions With Data Analytics Development
Microsoft is targeting credit unions with its latest solution designed with CUNA Mutual Group, and insurance and financial services company. They announced...
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2.1KCredit UnionsVisa Explores How CUs Can Engage And Retain Millennial Talent
Millennials are a tough generation to recruit. Nearly two-thirds are open to new career opportunities, while one in five has changed jobs...
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5.0KCredit UnionsNEW REPORT: Visa On Arming CUs To Win The War For Millennial Talent
Collaboration has seemingly become the new name of the game in the credit union landscape. Increasingly, CUs and other players in...
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3.1KCredit UnionsNCUA’s Membership Rule Change Challenged By Federal Judge
The National Credit Union Administration’s (NCUA) defense of revisions to a field-of-membership rule isn’t sitting well with a federal judge — and...
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3.6KCredit Unions
CO-OP CEO: Building A Credit Union Innovation Mindset
Demand is a trickle-up phenomenon. As consumers ask more of their financial institutions (FIs), the organizations serving those FIs must also step...
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3.8KFaster PaymentsAussie’s New Payments Platform (Called New Payments Platform) Goes Live
The Reserve Bank of Australia and its Payments System Board announced on Tuesday (Feb. 13) the launch of a new payments infrastructure –...
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2.5KDigital BankingUnlocking The Future For FI’s $2B And Under Club
Though estimates can vary depending on source, there are a total of approximately 14,000 banks in the United States – and 92 percent...
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3.4KRegulationFIs Want A Vote On Bill That Would Change Dodd-Frank
Credit unions and banks joined forces to call on lawmakers Monday (Jan. 29) to bring a bill to the floor for a...
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3.8KB2B PaymentsSBA Turns Attention To Credit Unions To Revive Small Biz Lending
The financial services market has progressed by leaps and bounds in terms of innovation, from the rise of alternative finance to the...
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4.1KVoice ActivationVoice And Visuals: A One-Two Punch For Voice Banking
If voice commerce is the future, then multi-modal commerce may be the future’s future. Voice, as Kris Zanuldin, head of Connected Commerce...
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8.1KBankingCO-OP Upgrades Springboard Platform To Launch In January
Springboard, the credit card servicing application from CO-OP Financial Services, is being launched to credit unions this month, giving workers access to...
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7.1KBig DataCredit Unions Use Big Data To Hone The Big Picture
Big Data is no longer the purview of big banks. CO-OP Financial Services Chief Data Officer Matthew Maguire tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster...
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4.4KVoice ActivationGetting Credit Unions Ready For The Voice-Activated Future
In what feels like the blink of an eye — and pushed by the breakout success of Amazon’s Echo line of smart...
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5.2KCFPBNCUA Head McWatters In Running For CFPB Head Appointment
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) chairman J. Mark McWatters is in the running to be named the next leader of the Consumer...
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3.1KCredit UnionsNCUA May Have To Hold Public Hearings On Annual Budget
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) may be forced to submit its budget for public comment if a deregulation bill for the...
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5.3KSecurity & FraudFinancial Institutions Team Up On Data Security Push
Seven trade associations representing banks and credit unions have joined forces to call on Congress to put in place stricter cybersecurity standards...
