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Credit unions are often quick to help their members and communities during times of crisis. This includes providing special loan rates and other relief when federal employees go without pay.

Readers respond to one fintech startup's tough talk, debate failed plans to change the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's name, weigh reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act and more.

The Massachusetts senator and critic of Trump administration policies sent the new CFPB director an expansive list of to-do items for her first month on the job.

The FDIC has approved more new banks this year than in the last four years combined. Here is a look at the class of 2018.

While credit cards have been around since the 1950s and debit cards introduced years later, they both have become indispensable to the modern consumer. In fact, in certain retail sectors consumers can only use payment cards or mobile payments to make a purchase.

Recent data from NCUA showed a lot of positives for the industry, but it also revealed some potentially worrisome trends.

The agency rolled out nearly a dozen policy changes, proposals and requests for comment, including an advance notice of proposed rulemaking on brokered funding.

From partnerships with law enforcement to Toys for Tots drives, here's how credit unions are making the holiday season special for those in need.

What an FHFA led by Mark Calabria would mean for GSE reform; 7 (realistic) predictions about fintech in 2019; Kathy Kraninger signals new tone atop CFPB; and more from this week's most-read stories.

Readers sound off on fintechs entering the student loan market, the FDIC’s brokered deposit rules and a heated debate over the new CFPB leader.

Mobile payments technology has fallen short of expectations in major markets, particularly the U.S., where less than 10 percent of consumers routinely use devices to pay in stores — despite more than four years of aggressive development from large technology companies and banks.

From expanding access to affordable financial services to donations and actions to support health and fight cancer, here's a look at how credit unions around the country are giving back this holiday season.

The latest look at new hires, promotions, appointments and accolades from credit unions across the country

Several banks are seeing significant changes in leadership as the year comes to a close.

From partnering with like-minded organizations to holding town halls, here are experts' suggestions for how credit unions can craft volunteer boards that break the stereotype.

Blockchain backers concede the hype is turning off bankers; Mulvaney's CFPB name change could cost industry millions of dollars; the one banking bill Congress might actually pass next term; and more from this week's most-read stories.

Readers sound off on the CFPB's name change, whether the Post Office should be allowed to engage in banking services and the FDIC's call to revamp the de novo process.

From certifications to executive appointments, seats on league boards and more, here's a look at recent hiring moves within the credit union industry.

Walmart is already a retail heavyweight, and it has never shied from innovative projects to change the way people pay.

The first wave of data from this year's holiday shopping season is in, providing insights into where the biggest fraud threats are likely to originate in the final weeks of the year.