Registration is open for the Young Professionals Commission 2018 Fall Educational Summit, which will be held Nov. 14-15 in Rochester – The Point

 Credit unions and chapters can still offer college scholarships to deserving young members with the New York Credit Union Association’s annual, statewide Scholarship Program – The Point

 The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council launched the redesigned Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering InfoBase website, which is aimed at sharing financial institution examination procedure information with examiners and other stakeholders – The Point

 The renewed growth of commercial cards presents credit unions with an opportunity that has been overlooked by their larger counterparts – CU Times

 The CFPB issued its Fall 2018 rulemaking agenda, with several items including the bureau’s regulatory priorities over the coming months into 2019 – CUNA

 Visa has released a bulletin revealing that many programs marketed as “cash discount” are non-compliant with the payment’s company rules – PYMNTS

 American Express boosted its forecast for profit for the year as it trimmed fees to attract smaller businesses. Discount revenue, a measure of fees charged to merchants, surged 8 percent to $6.2 billion, topping analyst estimates – American Banker

 Sales of previously owned U.S. homes eased in September to the weakest pace in almost three years, a sign rising prices and mortgage costs are keeping potential buyers on the sidelines – Bloomberg

 The blog provides an interesting takeaway from the New York Bar Association conference on cybersecurity and also analyzes the NCUA scaling back the application of its risk-based capital rules – New York’s State of Mind