WASHINGTON (6/19/13, UPDATED 5:15 p.m. ET)--The threat level of credit unions of tax reform--raised by the release June 13 of a "tax options" paper by the Senate Finance Committee--is explored in the latest episode of "Inside Exchange," CUNA's video series of key legislative, regulatory and political topics.

(6/19/13, UPDATED 2:45 p.m. ET)--The monetary policymakers for the Federal Reserve today held steady on any action, keeping intact their schedule for bond-buying and their near-zero targeted federal funds interest rate, saying that "economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace."

MADISON, Wis. (6/19/13, UPDATED: 10:30 a.m. CT)--Biz Kid$, a credit union funded public television series that teaches kids about money management and entrepreneurship, has won a national Emmy Award, television's highest honor. The award for Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Editing was presented Friday to Biz Kid$ in Los Angeles.

CUNA witness Jerry Reed testified yesterday that credit unions worry that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Qualified Mortgage rule will make it all but impossible for credit unions to write non-QM loans.

A final rule on loan participations has been added to the National Credit Union Administration's June open board meeting agenda.

New accounts have the highest rate of cyberattacks, with takeover attempts nearly twice that of accounts that are at least six months old, according to Web fraud data compiled by ThreatMetrix Inc.

How credit unions are reaching out to serve the underserved is the focus of a new Web Exclusives special report from Credit Union Magazine, released Monday.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's decision to prohibit government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing mortgages that do not meet the definition of qualified mortgages could prevent credit unions from working with their members to customize financial products that meet their individual needs, CUNA President/CEO Bill Cheney wrote in a letter to FHFA Acting Director Ed DeMarco.

Mobile/contactless payments was identified as the area with the most expected future growth by respondents to the 2013 global ATM Innovation Industry Survey.

"Credit unions strongly support efforts to simplify their compliance obligations," including a proposed U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rule that would streamline Federal Housing Administration financial statement reporting requirements, CUNA Deputy General Counsel Mary Dunn said in a comment letter filed this week.

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