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Clinton Township, Mich. -- Central Macomb Community Credit Union, Clinton Township, Mich., will change its name to FreeStar Financial Credit Union, effective April 4, in order to “better align” with its new field of membership (FOM), which now encompasses ten counties in Southeast Michigan and all military members throughout the state of Michigan.

University of Virginia Community Credit Union in Charlottesville, Va., has completed its merger with Northern Piedmont Federal Credit Union in Warrenton, Va.

Even if people don’t fall for Community Choice CU’s April Fool’s Day prank, the CU hopes to show consumers that if they’re banking with a bank instead of a credit union, they’ve already been fooled.

While many CUs avoid the product that some consumer advocates deem predatory, the CUs that do offer them say it's a service members want and need and can be done in consumer-friendly way.

Belvoir Federal Credit Union in Woodbridge, Va., will be merged into Pentagon Federal Credit Union, the largest merger in PenFed's history.

A dozen Indiana credit unions and the Indiana Credit Union League have partnered to introduce a new prized-linked savings program for their members.

With rates likely to rise during the next 12 to 18 months, industry insiders and experts weigh in on what your CU can do to prepare for the new interest rate landscape.

MADISON, Wis. -- Filene Research Institute has received more than $1.6 million in grant funding for its financial access-focused incubator.

Even as an NCUA working group is trying to craft a supplemental capital proposal for credit unions, mutual thrifts are quietly courting their regulator for a similar measure of their own.

Federal Reserve members, including Chair Janet Yellen, suggest that future rate hikes will be less often and less aggressive than industry insiders predicted.

Railroad & Industrial Federal Credit Union in Tampa said it has exceeded $300 million in assets. The credit union previously crossed the $150 million-asset mark in 2005.

Inova Federal Credit Union has agreed to merge with Associated Federal Credit Union, in a combination of two institutions located in Elkhart, Ind.

Executives on hand at the CUNA Marketing and Business Development Council's annual conference share their best marketing strategies.

The members of $100 million Reach Federal Credit Union, Menlo Park, Calif., on Wednesday voted in favor of a proposed merger into $942 million Xceed Financial Credit Union, El Segundo, Calif.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Stories have always been a powerful teaching tool, and if a credit union can pair that with a robust social media strategy, the result can be like spinning straw into gold.

As video consumption on smart devices continues to surge, marketers can’t afford to be afraid of this powerful tool.

By a vote of more than 90%, the trade association's members supported a bylaws change that did away with obligating CUs to belong to both the national group and their respective leagues.

Meridian Trust Federal Credit Union announced that it has received approval to merge with Panhandle Co-Op Federal Credit Union.

Wings Financial Credit Union has scored a deal with Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to take over the airport's U.S. Bank branch.

Republicans currently hold a 54 — 46 advantage over Democrats in the Senate, making the GOP grip on the Senate precarious at best. With the election a little less than eight months away, Republicans also have more vulnerable seats up for reelection, leaving many analysts speculating the Democrats will retake the chamber. Here are the races credit unions need to watch.