District of Columbia

• CU24 Takes Long View and Sports New Logo

  By David Morrison  |  May 20, 2013

  Credit Union 24 has shortened its name to CU24 but broadened its vision of what it can offer an already crowded payments market.

• New York AG Threatens Mortgage Servicing Suits Against BofA, Wells Fargo

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 6, 2013

  Complaint includes accusations that homeowners could lose homes because loan mods sat unprocessed on big bank desks.

• Partisan Bickering On CFPB

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 1, 2013

  Ever since Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) were named the chairman and ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee late last year, Capitol Hill observers have waited for the two members of Congress and their polar opposite ideologies to clash publicly.

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  Congressman Hensarling Bans CFPB Director Cordray from Hearings

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 23, 2013

  House Financial Services Committee chair says "there is no legally appointed director of the CFPB at this time."

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  House Finance Chair Takes Shot at CFPB's Cordray While Aiming at NLRB

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 12, 2013

  Texas Republican Jeb Hensarling votes to stop NLRB activity and questions CFPB legality.

• Sequestration Counseling Offered by CommonWealth One

  By Marc Rapport  |  March 12, 2013

  Credit union in D.C., Virginia offers debt counseling, individualized help for members hit by federal budget cuts.

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  A Lot of LICU Designations: A Lot of Possibilities

  By Scott Butterfield  |  March 12, 2013

  You're a newly designated low-income credit union, congratulations! You now have access to tools that can be leveraged for growth and aren't available to all credit unions.

• Investor Education Program Expands to Military, Nonprofits in Oklahoma

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 7, 2013

  IEiYW program sponsored by Investor Protection Institute and carried out by state securities agencies and the NCUF.

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  Warren: CUs Should Support Cordray

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 6, 2013

  WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) lived up to her controversial reputation among credit unions, making a partisan pitch to CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference attendees to advocate on Capitol Hill for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the confirmation of Richard Cordray during her Feb. 27 address.

• North Dakota Leads Nation in NCUA’s Quarterly State Map Review

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 5, 2013

  Growth is breaking out all over in credit unions.