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- League’s Reg Compliance Update Set for March 13
February 20, 2024Count on your League to help you manage today's complex regulatory compliance environment! We've scheduled the first of this year’s quarterly virtual updates for March 13. These virtual updates are designed to aid your team in building its compliance resources and boosting its regulatory expertise. Register now.
- League Offers Update on Key Legislative Issues at General Assembly's Halfway Point
February 16, 2024Feb. 13 was Crossover Day in the Virginia General Assembly. This marked the halfway point of the 2024 Session and is the deadline for bills to pass out of their chamber of origin to be considered by the other body. Here is a synopsis of this year’s major issues and where they currently stand.
- REGular Blog: FFIEC Issues Statement on Exam Principles Related to Real Estate Valuation Discrimination and Bias
February 16, 2024Just this week (Feb. 12, 2024), the Federal Financial Examination Council (FFIEC) issued a statement to communicate principles for the examination of residential property appraisal and evaluation (valuation) practices to mitigate risks that may arise due to potential discrimination or bias in those practices; and to promote credible valuations. When it comes time for your exam, whether it is a safety and soundness exam or a specific consumer compliance exam, expect a review of risk management processes for residential lending activity. Here are additional details to help your credit union prepare!
- NCUA Share Insurance Fund Update: Diving into CAMELS Code Data
February 15, 2024NCUA held its February Board meeting today, which included a quarterly update on the share insurance fund. We've seen a growth in both the number of CAMELS 3/4/5 credit unions, as well as the shares and assets they hold, in recent quarters. Let's see how things looked at year-end.
- League Engaged with Sens. Warner, Kaine Ahead of April 9 Hearing on Credit Card Competition Act
February 15, 2024Ahead of a planned April 9 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) have added two new cosponsors to their bill that would overhaul the rules governing credit card interchange. Your League remains actively engaged with Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine on the issue. The measure remains our top legislative priority as we ready for the Governmental Affairs Conference and our “Hike the Hill” efforts next month in Washington.
- NCUA Issues HMDA Reg Alert
February 15, 2024The NCUA issued a Regulatory Alert to provide information on which credit unions must comply with the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) reporting requirements under the CFPB’s Regulation C. In the alert, the NCUA explained that credit unions must collect HMDA data associated with mortgage loan applications processed during 2024 if the credit union meets the four following criteria ...
- NCUA Board to Meet Feb. 15; Share Insurance Fund Update, MDI Program on Agenda
February 9, 2024The NCUA released the agenda for its Feb. 15 Board meeting, noting that the agency will receive a briefing on the Share Insurance Fund’s (SIF) quarterly report and will issue a final interpretive ruling and policy statement on the Minority Depository Institution (MDI) Preservation Program.
- League Plans March 4 Legislative Reception on Capitol Hill
February 9, 2024Your League will host a Legislative Reception on March 4 in Washington, D.C. We have invited Virginia’s entire Congressional delegation as part of our Governmental Affairs Conference Hike the Hill efforts.
- REGular Blog: Big Banks Using the Credit Union Playbook - More Branches and a SEG Strategy?
February 9, 2024A couple of banking news articles caught my eye this week because they highlighted a couple of big banks using some familiar strategies for those of us in the credit union world.
- REGular Blog: Harper Signals Additional Reporting Requirement for Large CUs
February 6, 2024NCUA Chairman Todd Harper spoke today with the Brookings Institution. As is normally the case, the Chairman's prepared remarks were published on the NCUA's website and can be viewed here. However, the Chairman participated in some Q&A following the interview, during which he indicated that the NCUA will soon require credit unions with more than $1 billion in assets to report data on both overdraft and NSF fees separately to the NCUA, according to an article from American Banker.