Jennifer Winston returns to the podcast to talk about the latest happenings with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), as well as best practices for compliance issues she sees for the TCPA and CAN-SPAM.

In a follow up to their discussion about loan participations earlier this year, Jenn Winston continues her conversation with Mike Heller about what exactly eligible obligations are; why they are important to credit unions as both buyers and sellers; and what differences there are between eligible obligations and loan participations and why that's important from a regulatory perspective. 

Amanda Smith joins the podcast to discuss important issues that your credit union needs to consider prior to forming, investing in, or partnering with a mortgage CUSO.

Mike and Mike discuss the passage of the GENIUS Act and some other key takeaways for your credit union from 'Crypto Week'. 

In the second part of our 2-part episode, the discussion about what has been going on at the CFPB with Jennifer Winston continues. The topics in Part 2 of this episode include an update about the current status of certain CFPB rules and Jenn and Mike do their best to discuss where the agency could go from here.  

In a 2-part episode, Jennifer Winston joins the podcast to discuss what has been going on at the CFPB since the return of the Trump administration - it's been a lot!  The topic in Part 1 of this episode is a discussion about the shifting focus and priorities of the CFPB with the return of the Trump administration and what it could mean for the credit union industry. 

Jennifer Winston, Mike Mulvey, and Mike Heller break down the latest at the NCUA with the recent removal of Board Members Harper and Otsuka - the timeline of events, the current lawsuit, and what the NCUA may or may not be able to do with only a one member Board.

We are seeing an uptick in questions about the purchase of loan participations.  Jenn Winston steps into the host chair to ask Mike Heller why loan participation purchases are attractive to both buyers and sellers, as well as what regulatory requirements buying credit unions should be aware of.

Mike Mulvey discusses what your credit union should be considering when acquiring an existing business to operate as a CUSO.  We talk about how to legally structure these transactions, due diligence considerations in finding the right business, operating the business in accordance with CUSO regulations, and more!

We have a full house Messick Lauer & Smith podcast episode to discuss the impact of the 2024 elections on the credit union and CUSO industry.  This full roundtable discussion covers the transition at the NCUA and CFPB and also includes a host of other relevant industry topics that we are all keeping an eye on as we move from the Biden administration to a second Trump administration.