Ray Birch

ATLANTA — Much like healthcare.gov struggled on its way to signing up 7.1 million Americans, private health insurance exchanges partnering with credit unions are reporting their own enrollment challenges.

A new credit union service organization is helping credit unions collect on charged-off accounts and return "prior prime" members to their former CUs.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Telhio Credit Union has acquired Shiloh Baptist Church FCU.

Class actions related to Target Corp.'s massive data breach will be consolidated in the retailer's home state of Minnesota.

SAN DIEGO — Class action lawsuits related to Target Corp.'s massive data breach will be consolidated in the retailer's home state of Minnesota.

CUNA is asking the House Financial Services Committee to "thoroughly examine" NCUA's proposed risk-based capital rule and direct the agency to make significant changes to address "serious deficiencies" in the proposal.

WICHITA, Kan. — The $225 million-asset Mid American Credit Union has acquired the Lawrence Kan.-based Jayhawk FCU.

ANTIGO, Wis. — The "mobile-only" consumer, those conducting all of their remote banking activity via a tablet or smartphone, are growing in number — quickly becoming a group that industry insiders and analysts say credit unions must cater to and support.

CUNA has appointed a seven-member committee to begin the search for a new president.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA has chartered its first credit union of 2014, with the new CU expected to open its doors this June.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Making loans to startups is a risky business. But one credit union has introduced a new micro-loan program that it says leverages technology — and a small group of businesspeople — to increase the chance the new enterprise will succeed.

SAN ANTONIO — Chief Operating Officer John Kirk has been named interim chief executive officer at Alamo FCU, replacing Max Villaronga, who left to become head of El Paso Area Teachers FCU in El Paso, Texas.

ONTARIO, Calif. — To help credit unions build their auto-lending portfolios in an increasingly competitive marketplace, CU Direct has formed the North American Automotive Marketing Council.

That's the main takeaway from a recent Federal Reserve Board report that found the number of U.S. consumers using mobile phones to access their financial accounts rose by five percentage points last year.

Target Corp. is backing the moving of class actions related to the retailer's massive data breach to the company's home state of Minnesota.

Local police have charged two men in connection to burglaries that occurred at Metropolitan Church Federal Credit Union here and Northern Star CU.

Target Corp. is backing the moving class action lawsuits related to the retailer's massive data breach to the company's home state of Minnesota.

Diebold is partnering with the $5.5 billion-asset Suncoast CU to test an ATM that reuses consumer-deposited cash for future withdrawals. Tampa, Fla.-based Suncoast is the first financial institution in the U.S. to test the technology.

Diebold is partnering with the $5.5 billion-asset Suncoast CU to test an ATM that reuses consumer-deposited cash for future withdrawals. Tampa, Fla.-based Suncoast is the first financial institution in the U.S. to test the technology.

The FBI's investigation of Wilkes-Barre City Employees FCU may be tied to a wider probe involving Wilkes-Barre City Hall, city police officers and the town's longtime towing contractor, according to a published report.