"financial services" Blog Posts
- Fannie Mae Cuts 2022 Origination Forecast
- 41 Credit Union Mergers Approved by NCUA First Quarter 2022
- Anticipation Rates Will Rise Soon Drives Big Jump in January Home Sales
- As the Secondary Market Rethinks Risks, So Too Must Lenders
- Bank Economists Advise Caution But Don't Expect a Recession
- Bank Groups Ask Justice Department to Limit Merger Guidance; Say CU Competition Should Be Factored In
- Banks' Pandemic Help Offer Rang Hollow, Cardholders Say
- Big US Banks to Contend with Recession Fears in 1Q2022 Earnings Reports
- CFPB Ends No-Action Letter with Fintech Lender Upstart Network
- CFPB Mischaracterizes Many Financial Services Fees in RFI
- CFPB Providing Guidance to Other Agencies on Enforcing Federal Consumer Financial Law
- CFPB Releases Report Documenting Rural Banking Issues
- CFPB Should Bolster Oversight of Nonbank Financial Services
- Chopra's Expansive Vision for CFPB Authority is Facing Industry Pushback
- Consumer Sentiment Over Future Hits Lowest Point Since Pandemic Began, New Survey Finds
- Consumers Believe Credit Unions Lag Digitally; But Do They?
- Credit Card Delinquencies, Charge-Offs Stay Muted as Consumers Pay Down Balances
- Credit Union 1 to Acquire Illinois-Based Peer Northside Community Bank
- Credit Union System Digitization Group Releases 2021 End-of-Year Report
- Credit Unions Announce Two Illinois Bank Deals in Three Days
- Credit Unions Continue to Buy Banks Despite Bank Lobby, Regulator Pushback
- Credit Unions Dip Toes in RTPs, Crypto
- Credit Unions Face Historic Pressure to Make Loans
- Credit Unions Grow Branch Count While Banks Slash Locations
- Crypto Firms Celsius, Binance Halt Withdrawals as Bitcoin Plummets
- CU Lending Trends: First Mortgage, Used Car Lending Gains
- CU Trades, Consumer Groups Ask Congress to Regulate Fintech Competition
- CUNA Releases May Economic Update
- CUNA Research: Housing, Energy, Food Prices Led May Price Increases
- CUNA, AACUL, Leagues Oppose Any Expansion of Durbin Amendment
- Declining Mortgage Affordability Quantified in New Index
- Despite Stellar Credit Quality, Small Lenders Expect Economic Headwinds
- Economic Update Examines Fed's Updated Monetary Policy, Inflation
- Efforts to Halt Credit Union-Bank Deals Squashed in Tennessee
- Fannie Mae Forecasts ‘Soft Landing Unlikely,’ Sees Recession in Latter 2023
- Fannie Mae Introduces New Refinance Application-Level Index
- Fed Raises Rates by 75 Basis Points; More Hikes Coming, Says CU Economist
- Fed Starts Experiment of Letting $8.9 Trillion Portfolio Shrink
- Fed Takes Aggressive Action in Inflation Fight
- Fed Watching Red-Hot Housing Market for Financial Stability Risks
- First Mortgage Portfolio Niche Lending: Current Trends and Opportunities
- GAO: Congress Should Consider Enhancing Protections Around Scores Used to Rank Consumers
- Here’s the Inflation Forecast, Mortgage Rates Prediction from CUNA Mutual’s Chief Economist
- Higher Interest, Rising Prices, Fewer Listings: A Bad Mix for Mortgages
- Home Equity, Personal and Auto Loans Led Growth in January
- Home Inventory Won’t Return Until at Least 2024: Zillow
- Home Prices Surge to Another High
- House Passes CUNA-Backed Fair Hiring Bill
- Interest Rate Increases to Cost Consumers $3B in Extra Card Interest; Plus, What Worries Cardholders
- Just How Much is Inflation Costing Depositors? Here’s What 1 Analysis Shows
- Lending Likely to Slow in ’23, Recession Possible in '24 or '25, Suggests New CUNA Mutual Forecast
- Loan Growth Ramping Up at US Credit Unions
- Loan, Deposit Growth Slows YOY for US Community Banks in Q1
- Loans Should Grow 9% in 2022, Notes Latest Trends Report
- May 18 Virtual Event: Lending Landscape
- Measures Risk Understating Housing Costs
- Minnesota Regulator Rejects Credit Union-Bank Deal; Seventh State to Stifle Such Deals
- Mortgage Boom Is Over, MBA Drops Originations Forecasts Again
- Mortgage Loan Modifications Rose 40% in 4Q: OCC
- Mortgage Rates Actually Decline, But Application Volumes Remain Down
- Mortgage Rates Hit 5% for the First Time in Over a Decade
- New Report Finds Half of All Credit Union Industry Assets at Risk from Climate Change
- OCC's Hsu Zeroes in On Large Regional Banks as Source of Systemic Risk
- Schenk: Expect Healthy Economic Growth
- Sens. Gillibrand, Lummis Introduce Major Cryptocurrency Bill
- States Work to Stifle Credit Union Acquisitions of Banks
- TransUnion Reports Inflation’s Rise Hitting Non-Prime Borrowers Hardest; Offers Forecast for What’s Ahead
- U.S. Pending Home Sales Drop for a Sixth Month in Worst Skid Since 2018
- US Banks See 188 Net Branch Closings in February
- US Banks' Q1 Auto Loans Show Steady Sequential Growth
- US Credit Unions Add 5.2 Million Members in 2021
- US FIs Fear Slowdown in Mortgage Activity as Rates Skyrocket
- US Housing Market: 2022 Opens With 19.2% House Price Surge
- USAA Scores Mobile Deposit Capture Patent Win Against PNC
- Value of Digital Wallets to Exceed $12 Trillion by 2026, New Study Forecasts
- Vehicle Sales Rise in April, But Still Down More Than 20% YoY
- Virginia League Introduces Bankable Fintech Partnership, Connects CUs to Fintech Solutions in Minutes
- Will Regulatory Scrutiny Chill Bank M&A This Year — or Hasten It?