Brian Lauer returns to the podcast to discuss NACUSO's efforts to eliminate the CUSO investment cap, why that's important to the industry, and what your institution can do today to advocate for credit union and CUSO interests. 

Jennifer Winston, Mike Mulvey, and Mike Heller preview and discuss what attendees can expect to hear during Messick Lauer & Smith's "CUSO Hot Topics" session at this year's NACUSO conference in Orlando.

On today's podcast episode, Mike Mulvey returns to give an overview of the NCUA's proposed rule for permitted payment stablecoin issuers. Mike gives an overview of the application requirements and highlights the importance of the ongoing comment period. Finally, we discuss the latest updates on the status of the CLARITY Act.

For this podcast episode, Brian Lauer sits down for a conversation with Randy Salser, the new CEO of NACUSO.  Randy discusses his background, what he's excited about for CUSOs and the upcoming GAC and NACUSO conferences, and NACUSO's advocacy efforts.  

To register for the 2026 NACUSO conference, click here.

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.