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Altura Credit Union on Monday said it has completed the merger of Visterra Credit Union, creating a $1.15 billion CU.

Summit Credit Union of Madison, Wisconsin announced that it has completed its merger with Educational Employees Credit Union (EECU) of Janesville, Wis.

CUES on Friday said the 2015 CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec challenge has been narrowed to the Top 15 applicants.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama Credit Union signed a 10-year agreement with the National Alumni Association of the University of Alabama to issue an affinity credit card.

Switzerland's Migros is the country's largest retailer and employer, as well as the owner of a prominent local bank, giving the company an unconventional perspective on the costs and benefits of mobile payments.

American Express and Best Buy will allow consumers to make purchases on the retailer’s website using the reward points earned from their Amex spending.

Three states don't allow state charters and two offer the option, but there are no takers. CU Journal explores why state charters never took off in these five states, and whether that might change.

Retailers had made repeated efforts to reject two class-action settlements — one with Visa and MasterCard, one with Amex — to no avail, but a well-publicized scandal involving lawyer conduct has swept up both cases and given the critics a real shot at scuttling them.

With regulatory scrutiny from the Card Act of 2009 and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, various prepaid and gift card products have come and gone in recent years. InComm's Vanilla Gift Card is not one of them.

Commerce Bancshares Kansas City, Mo., has found its customers want to save the planet, but don't want to put in too much effort, so the issuer partnered with Sustain:Green for cards that offset carbon emissions.