Ray Birch

BANGOR, Maine — Dennis Soucy, former CEO of St. John's Credit Union, which became Bangor FCU, died Saturday at the age of 83.

WASHINGTON—More consumers are becoming comfortable with paying their bills on the fly and using their smartphone to make a retail purchase, a new CUNA study reveals.

DES MOINES, Iowa—Rising rates may bring an end to many credit unions' fixed-rate card programs.

DES MOINES, Iowa—The U.S. Hispanic market, with more than $1 trillion in buying power, represents a large growth opportunity for credit unions.

ATLANTA—The Affordable Care Act has sent a number of small credit unions scrambling to find affordable employee healthcare coverage.

BOSTON—Though the prepaid card market's image is changing and its usage is climbing, credit unions aren't rushing to bring the offering into their cards mix.

BOSTON—Though the prepaid card market's image is changing and its usage is climbing, credit unions aren't rushing to bring the offering into their cards mix.

BALTIMORE—All that's left for Municipal Employees CU of Baltimore to close the deal on its purchase of Baltimore-based Advance Bank is shareholder approval.

WASHINGTON—More members are making credit unions their primary financial institution, according to the latest data from Callahan & Associates.

Prompts One CU To Drop Int'l Wire Transfers; Others Say They Will Have To Raise Prices.

WASHINGTON—More consumers are becoming comfortable with paying their bills on the fly and using their smartphones to make retail purchases, a new CUNA study reveals.

SEATTLE—Before a number of consumers even got a glimpse of the advertising inside the Seattle Auto Show earlier this month, they were learning all about Sound Credit Union outside.

SHREVEPORT, La.—Credit unions' interest in new lending streams and small businesses' need for operating capital are making micro-loans a growing opportunity for CUs.

MIAMI LAKES, Fla.—Like many Sunshine State businesses, the recession proved challenging for Edda's Cake Company. In 2011, the Miami-based bakery needed a line of credit to expand operations, but local banks weren't interested in what they considered a small-dollar loan.

WASHINGTON—Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is proposing new legislation that would include a delay in premium increases by the National Flood Insurance Program.

MIDDLETOWN, Pa.—MY CU Services, the payment service and technology CUSO of Mid-Atlantic Corporate FCU, plans to purchase Advanced Management Information Systems (AMIS), a credit union IT provider.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—A Columbus CU member faces one count of making terroristic threats after repeatedly harassing staff at TIC FCU here.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—It's getting easier for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attackers to launch large-scale assaults, according to a new study that found these hackers' efforts have more than doubled in the last year.

SAGINAW, Mich.—A Wildfire CU member had $2,000 returned to him Friday after leaving an envelope with the cash in the parking lot of the CU's Bay Road office.

BALTIMORE—When members walk into the Golden Ring office of Point Breeze CU these days, Branch Manager Shannon Carter likes what she sees—and hears.