Palash Ghosh

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. — Security Service FCU ranked No. 1 on a list of financial providers favored by auto dealers, making it the first credit union ever to take the top spot in this national survey.

NCUA Chairman tells House committee that Financial Stability Oversight Council performs ‘valuable service’ to Americans.

Sharetec System, a company that provides both in-house and service bureau core solutions to credit unions, said 10 credit unions decided to move to Sharetec’s Service Center last month.

Total loans at federally insured credit unions reached $769.5 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2015, a 3.3% jump from the second quarter; and a 10.7% surge from the third quarter of 2014, according to statistics released by NCUA.

Credit unions, banks and a host of other interests are challenging aspects of the way the FCC is interpreting and implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Pioneer West Virginia Federal Credit executives wanted to move its marketing more aggressively into social media.

The Partnership Federal Credit Union's developed its "ZipLINE Credit Builder" to provide members an alternative to payday alternative loans (PALs).

The concept of allowing members to skip a loan payment isn't revolutionary, but New Dimensions FCU found a way to use this old staple to generate 322% ROI on loans with the skip-a-payment option.

Dover FCU wanted to increase loan growth and improve front-line member engagement.

The tiny Cleveland-based credit union is the ninth federal insured CU to be liquidated in 2015.

Despite strong increases in lending volume, credit unions are seeing weaker profits. Experts share reasons behind this trend — and what credit unions should do about it.

HAMPDEN, Maine — Maine Savings Federal Credit Union, a $296-million institution based in Hampden, Maine, has witnessed an astonishing 63% surge in net new checking accounts after introducing its "RedWallet" checking product in June of 2014.

Intuvo, a company that provides marketing automation software to the credit union industry, and a division of CU Direct, announced it has entered into new partnership agreements with three credit unions.

Robberies aren’t the only violence branches could potentially face.

CHEYENNE, Wyo.—The boards of directors of Warren Federal Credit Union (WFCU) and Community Financial Credit Union (CFCU) announced that they plan to merge the two institutions.

Western Federal Credit Union, a $2.2-billion institution based in Hawthorne, Calif., announced it has appointed Gordon M. Howe as its CEO, succeeding John Bommarito, who is stepping down after almost 22 years.

Lansing, Mich. – The Michigan Credit Union League & Affiliates (MCUL) announced that state legislators on the House Financial Services Committee unanimously passed a six-bill package that will update the Michigan Credit Union Act (MCUA) for the first time in more than a dozen years.

Pentagon Federal Credit Union received some high-profile praise on a White House blog on the eve of Veterans Day.

Peer-to-peer lending (P2P) is growing by such leaps and bounds that credit unions would be wise to develop strategies to either deal with this emergent force in financial services or form partnerships with these online lenders that have sprouted like mushrooms across the landscape.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- CU*Answers, a credit union-owned core data processor, announced it has signed a deal with the newly formed ELCA Federal Credit Union to a “CU*BASE” agreement.