The 2018 Annual Meeting & Convention continues today with the opening ceremonies and the first day of the general session, which will include presentations from hacker and futurist Pablos Holman and sports marketing pioneer J.B. Bernstein – The Point

Alloya Corporate FCU will host its Credit Union Executive Leadership Summit Sept. 5-7 in Chicago. This year’s featured keynote speaker is football hall of famer Mike Ditka – Alloya

Registration is open for the New York Credit Union Association’s Basic Accounting Workshops, which will be held July 24 and 25 in Buffalo and Syracuse – The Point

The CFPB fired all 25 members of the agency’s Consumer Advisory Board during a conference call, saying it wanted to bring in more diverse views – CU Journal

Lobbyists for Walmart Inc. and other retailers are uniting with companies that process payments in the latest battle over the $90 billion that U.S. merchants pay banks annually to process credit and debit-card charges – Bloomberg

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill that will increase the Small Business Administration’s authority over the Small Business 7 (a) loan program – PYMNTS

To improve security while utilizing transformative next-generation technologies, financial institutions and other organizations should implement five privileged access management best practices – CU Times

The race for New York attorney general is already crowded, but former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara may be preparing for a run – New York Times