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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.

Some debit card users are so loyal to their cards that many would go so far as to say using a PIN is more convenient — and less secure — than a using a signature, according to a recent report from Auriemma Consulting Group.

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

Google plans to end support for the physical Google Wallet Card, according to information included in the code of its latest Google Wallet app update.

The attention around tokenization — replacing static account numbers with a one-time-use token — has been good for security but worrying for businesses that rely on a static identifier for future reference.

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.

Fallout from widespread data breaches hurts many payment industry sectors, but this year's tax-filing season brings fresh pain for the prepaid card industry, with new details out connecting prepaid cards with some of last year's biggest tax refund fraud busts.