The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI) maintains the May median payment applied for by home purchase applicants rose to $2,165 from $2,112 in April. “...
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The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) commented last week on a report released by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) on cybersecurity. The NCUA’s report...
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The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) released a report to Congress this week that outlines steps taken to strengthen cybersecurity within the federally insured credit union system and the N...
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The Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC) maintains bank and card networks swipe fees to process credit card transactions could increase consumers’ cost of celebrating the Fourth of July by $500 millio...
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) released a report this week that assesses climate-related issues and gaps in the supervision and regulation of insurers. The r...
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Whitney Economics, a cannabis economics data, consulting and research firm, recently reported that 24.4 percent of domestic cannabis businesses are profitable. "By conducting this survey, Whitney E...
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Two recently released Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reports examine financial opportunities and challenges facing Southern communities regarding banking access and consumer finance. C...
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The latest American Bankers Association (ABA) Credit Conditions Index maintains bank economists expect credit conditions to soften the remainder of the year through economic headwinds faced by consume...
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report this week that reviewed and assessed the policies of major U.S. trading partners. Among the major findings, the semiannual Report to Congress o...
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a new issue spotlight regarding financial institutions adoption and use of chatbots. “To reduce costs, many financial institutions are...
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