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WASHINGTON — Credit unions as a whole — yes, even small CUs — experienced significant success in the third quarter, according to analysis by Callahan & Associates that found increases in key areas including loans and membership.

WASHINGTON — Credit unions are lobbying for several key pieces of legislation in the lame-duck session, but it could be a case of too little time and too much inertia.

WASHINGTON — Boulder, Col.-based Elevations CU here has been named one of four recipients of the 2014 Baldridge Award from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

WASHINGTON — Merchant and financial services groups are again at odds over cybersecurity policy, sparring over who's to blame for recent data breaches and how lawmakers can ensure greater protections.

WASHINGTON — The National Credit Union Administration on Monday joined a growing queue of angry investors suing Deutsche Bank National Trust Co.

Banks on opposite coasts — Sterling Bancorp in New York and Banner in Washington — are joining the list of institutions teetering on the $10 billion-asset threshold where a slew of new regulation kicks in. The banks' CEOs said they were finally able to peg the expected costs of reaching that size.

Late Wednesday, Banner Corp. in Walla Walla, Wash., announced it would acquire AmericanWest Bank in a $702 million stock-and-cash deal.

Thomas H. Lee Partners and Warburg Pincus are selling the rest of their stock in Umpqua Holdings in Portland, Ore.

Columbia Banking System in Tacoma, Wash., and First Business Financial Services in Madison, Wis., were among a sizable group of banking companies that completed acquisitions in recent days.

NCUA said in a press release Friday that it has barred three former credit union employees from working at a federally insured financial institution.

WASHINGTON — A smaller percentage of U.S. households were unbanked in 2013 compared with two years earlier, just as less traditional financial services products such as prepaid cards grew in usage among those without a bank account.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is slated to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could determine when and how borrowers are allowed to cancel their mortgages.

WASHINGTON — If people of different backgrounds and beliefs can come together to serve effectively on the board of a credit union, then members of both parties in Congress should be able to do the same.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) became involved with credit unions for the most classic of credit union reasons: as a way to help those who were underserved by traditional financial service providers.

Columbia Banking System in Tacoma, Wash., reported higher quarterly profits that featured lower costs.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA is set to receive more than $17,000 in fines from 44 credit unions that have agreed to civil money penalties as a result of filing late second-quarter call reports.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule Monday that will allow institutions that limit the amount of customer data they share to post annual privacy notices online rather than by paper delivery.

That's the verdict from many analysts after President Obama on Friday signed an executive order mandating the adoption of chip-and-PIN technology in government cards and enabled its use in facilities like Post Offices.

Riverview Bancorp in Vancouver, Wash., is facing pressure from a large investor to sell itself.

WASHINGTON — The White House is slated to unveil a major package of initiatives on Friday to increase data security for financial transactions, including an executive order to add chip-and-PIN technology to government-issued credit and debit cards.