Aaron Passman

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA has filed another suit against one of the major Wall Street banks in relation to the failed corporate credit unions.

In the last five years, a growing number of CUs have dropped the words "credit union" (or "federal credit union") from their names or do business in a manner that downplays their credit union status.

DUBLIN, Ireland — Proving that "merger mania" isn't just a phenomenon at U.S. credit unions, over 25% of Irish CUs are engaged in some form of merger discussions.

BOULDER, Colo. — Two credit unions here plan to come together in a "merger of equals."

DES MOINES—The Ohio and California/Nevada CU Leagues have purchased minority equity stakes in PolicyWorks, a compliance consulting firm owned by the Iowa CU League.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — The CO-OP THINK Prize is getting a makeover this year.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA's Corporate Resolution Program continues to run in the negative range, making it unlikely that the regulator will charge future assessments to credit unions for the Stabilization Fund.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA is concerned consumers may fall victim to a new phishing scam that mimics the regulator's name and website.

INDIANAPOLIS — A leadership-development program at Financial Center First CU here has gone through some tweaks and is being expanded as a result of the success the CU has seen in the program's first dew years.

NCUA's Temporary Corporate CU Stabilization Fund has received its sixth consecutive clean audit, the regulator said today, but this time with a change-this was the first year the fund saw a net positive position.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Despite a slight slowdown in membership growth, credit unions saw median loan growth of 3.8% in 2014, with delinquencies holding steady and asset growth also on the rise, according to new data released Thursday by NCUA.

UTICA, Mich. — The recent hacking of a Montana credit union provides a stark lesson for CUs across the nation about the security of their web sites — namely that they aren't as secure as executives think.

LAKE BLUFF, Ill. — Total overdraft revenue for 2014 slipped by 0.31% to $31.8 billion (down from $31.9 billion in 2013), but credit unions were near the forefront of that slide with a 3.9% decline — the first ever for CUs.

ANACONDA, Mont. — Visitors to Southwest Montana Community FCU's web site over the weekend got a disturbing welcome — a black screen bearing an ISIS logo and the words "Hacked By Islamic State (ISIS)."

WASHINGTON — A group of representatives from across the credit union spectrum has banded together as Credit Union Voices and will be hosting a booth at CUNA's GAC here next week allowing guests to comment on and submit letters regarding NCUA's revised risk-based capital proposal.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA's Office of the Inspector General has given the regulator a pass on its handling of the data breach last fall caused by examiner error.

DES MOINES — For the Iowa Credit Union League, it all comes down to alignment.

WASHINGTON—CUNA has filed an amicus brief in a Florida lawsuit the trade group believes could drive credit unions right out of the credit card business.

WASHINGTON — CUNA SVP and deputy general counsel Mary Dunn is set to leave the trade group in April.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals today revived the National Credit Union Administration's suit against Barclays Capital that claims the bank misrepresented more than $555 in mortgage-backed securities that led to the failure of two corporate credit unions.