Michael Bartlett

MADISON, Wis.-As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wraps up implementing its voluminous mortgage rules in January, credit unions should not expect any respite from the compliance burden.

In Las Vegas where the housing market has experienced breathtaking highs and lows in the last decade, one issue at the the American Credit Union Mortgage Association's recent annual conference seemed especially relevant.

Despite a predictable drop in refinance activity as interest rates rise, Patelco Credit Union is posting strong mortgage numbers thanks to an increased emphasis on jumbo mortgage products.

LAS VEGAS – Credit unions should see the “opportunity in the challenge” offered by the new mortgage rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

LAS VEGAS – As the credit union mortgage business transitions from a refi market to a purchase market, CUs are having to make “hard decisions” about their sales staff.

For Christian Financial Credit Union, winning the $2,000 grand prize in NerdWallet's Gen Y Credit Union Contest is the gift that keeps on giving.

Given the number of youth-oriented programs $20 million Syracuse Cooperative Federal Credit Union offers, it was only natural that its latest initiative would involve high schools.

PremierOne Credit Union said its award-winning "Credit Zone" microsite is just one of several initiatives designed to make the CU appealing to young people.

School Employees Credit Union of Washington is a hit on Facebook as it pursues a multi-channel strategy for engaging young people.

The $62-million Financial One Credit Union is using a $1,000 grant from NerdWallet to build an initiative to attract younger members.

Credit unions can serve a broader market and stay true to the principles of the CU movement by applying a little ingenuity, according to Josh Turnbull, director of consulting for Chicago-based Center for Financial Services Innovation

BOULDER, Colo. – After having to close its 10-branch network Thursday and Friday due to heavy rain and flooding here, $1.3-billion Elevations Credit Union planned to reopen on Saturday.

One day after six federal agencies issued a notice revising a proposed rule requiring sponsors of securitization transactions to retain risk in those transactions, insiders questioned if the changes do much to help credit unions.

The Southern Nevada Chapter of the California and Nevada CU League hosted a sales training seminar here that attracted representatives from five CUs.

Sooper Credit Union's "solar garden" lending program has generated 42 loans for $670,000 in its first year-plus.

A unique "co-opetition" between two credit unions 2,800 miles apart — Red Canoe CU, just north of Portland, Ore., and Empower FCU, in upstate New York — has helped save their members more than $2.7 million.

CPCU Credit Union is starting the new academic year with a "Back to School Loan" it describes as designed to assist parents, young adults and educators with the growing number of costs associated with starting a new academic year.

The same week Miley Cyrus was causing a stir at the MTV Video Music Awards, some Vegas locals were complaining about a word they did not even hear or see. So forgive Greg Barnes for thinking critics of One Nevada Credit Union's new marketing campaign are chasing the wrong target.

Catalyst Corporate FCU has emerged from the corporate crisis with a cleaner bill of health and a restructured balance sheet, and it is member relations that have been one of the keys to survival of the institution.

Freedom First FCU has won the $100,000 Wells Fargo NEXT Seed Capital Award from Opportunity Finance Network and plans to use the grant to assist the many immigrants in its area get the financing needed to apply for U.S. citizenship.