Michael Bartlett

AUSTIN, Texas — NCUA Board Member Mark McWatters said regulators must be willing to listen to the industry it regulates to be effective—but that doesn't necessarily mean regulators will listen to each other.

AUSTIN, Texas – As the Cornerstone Credit Union League nears its second birthday, its CEO says the organization is working well for CUs in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

WASHINGTON — A proposed Senate bill would open up NCUA's budget process to public review.

AUSTIN, Texas — People judge others all day long — and many of those judgments tend to be negative. But good leadership requires a substantial dose of tolerance, says Garrison Wynn, an author and motivational speaker who has a background in manufacturing, telecom and financial services.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — CO-OP Financial Services said it will pay its member-shareholder credit unions a patronage dividend pool of $29.2 million for 2014, as it processed a record number of EFT and shared branching transactions.

AUSTIN, Texas — There is a "new day" coming as Congress considers a trio of bills related to the member business lending cap.

LAS VEGAS — The CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council honored four individuals for their achievements in marketing and business development during a ceremony at the group's recent Annual Conference here.

LAS VEGAS — Gesa Credit Union won the Diamond Best of Show Award — the highest honor in the CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council's Diamond Awards competition — during the Council's 22nd annual conference here.

WASHINGTON — CUNA and NAFCU each submitted comment letters to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regarding 2013 Regulation X (RESPA) and Regulation Z (TILA) Mortgage Servicing Rules, urging the CFPB to adopt several changes and clarifications.

When it comes to millennials, the $64,000 question is when will this generation be ready to start buying their first homes?

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA on Wednesday said 153 low-income credit unions will receive $520,440 through the first Community Development Revolving Loan Fund grant round in 2015.

In less than four months, mortgage providers across the nation must be ready to meet new disclosure requirements.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — NCUA on Tuesday liquidated tiny North Dade Community Development Federal Credit Union.

Credit unions as a whole will continue to grow their share of the mortgage market in 2015 and into 2016, say industry experts.

GLENDORA, Calif. — America's Christian Credit Union CEO Mendell Thompson was elected to serve on the Glendora City Council.

TACOMA, Wash. — Sound CU is looking to acquire tiny Port of Seattle Federal Credit Union via merger.

RYE, N.Y. — PepsiCo Employees Federal Credit Union will merge into USAlliance Federal Credit Union, here, effective March 28.

PLANO, Texas — Alkami Technology, Inc., a provider of digital banking solutions, said Syracuse, N.Y.-based Empower Federal Credit Union has selected the company's ORB Platform for digital banking.

BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Fiserv, Inc., provider of financial services technology solutions, said Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union has expanded its relationship with the company by adding multiple digital solutions.

SAN DIEGO — Credit union core processor Corelation, Inc., said it has signed seven credit unions and converted three previously signed clients to its open architecture system, KeyStone, in the first three months of 2015.