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As the credit union faithful descend on Capitol Hill for CUNA's GAC, advocates prepare to defend the movement's tax status in the wake of Sen. Hatch's letter questioning the exemption.

The agency should resist renewed calls to lower insurance premiums. Doing so would increase demand and raise home prices, negating any proposed benefits.

Former CUNA economist Bill Hampel has attended the trade group’s Governmental Affairs Conference for decades, but this year he’ll do so as a Wegner Award winner.

Citi will refund $335 million to cardholders whose rates weren’t lowered; customers had trouble with BB&T’s online and phone services and ATMs.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay's set to grow in Europe; Apple Pay Cash plots international launch; MusicPlanet Live offers a payment gateway; A developers' contest for PSD2.

In the developing world, connecting payments to the Internet of Things could have an immediate and transformative effect on people’s lives.

If they haven't already, card-issuing banks will soon receive a shock when the speed of PSD2's requirements becomes clear. Payments will have to happen faster, and the deadline to make that happen is fast approaching.

eBay’s change of payments processor signals the strong and continuing shift toward local, alternative methods of payment around the world, writes James Booth, head of business development for PPRO.

The clock starts ticking this week on a busy agenda of financial services priorities on Capitol Hill, including passing reforms to Dodd-Frank, overhauling the housing finance system and confirming key regulators.

The two biggest reasons people don't join credit unions are also the two biggest reasons for CUs to work together to raise consumer awareness about the industry.