Credit unions

Jefferson Financial Federal Credit Union will gain three locations, along with $138 million in loans, as part of the transaction.

A dozen additional credit unions have signed on with the service to help review vendor contracts in order to improve efficiencies and cut costs.

The House of Representatives passed two bills that would tie appraisal waivers for Small Business Administration loans to bank rules for commercial real estate loans, despite objections from the Appraisal Institute about its members being cut out of transactions.

The senator’s bill to reform the 40-year-old law and expand housing investments could gain clout as Democrats look to pick up congressional seats and she eyes a presidential run.

The report from an advocacy group that focuses on college affordability says schools need to do a better job of educating students about their eligibility for federal loans, which typically carry lower interest rates than loans from private-sector lenders like credit unions.

Zelle doesn't require a bank or credit union to participate in its network to allow it to receive funds; so even Zelle holdouts will see some activity on their accounts. This allows credit unions to compare members' demand to usage, and to determine whether signing up with Zelle is worth the trade-offs.

Sound Credit Union in Tacoma, Wash., has agreed to buy Bank of Washington in Lynnewood.

Readers react to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's fintech charter, respond to another bank outage, opine on the impact of regulation and more.

Every month, from January to April of this year, there were roughly 3.2 billion attacks perpetrated by malicious code that infiltrated business' networks. Representatives of smaller financial institutions disputed the notion that they are one of the weak links in the chain.

Bruce Fox, current EVP/chief investment officer, will move into the corner office upon Kathy Garner's retirement in March.

The $506 million-asset GFA Federal Credit Union says it will begin accepting clients in the recreational marijuana business, making it the first Massachusetts financial institution to do so.

Policymakers are right to re-examine the industry’s exemption and the unfair competitive advantage it provides.

This is the second such pact the Great Lakes State has entered in order to make interstate branching for state-chartered credit unions more accessible.

The Credit Union National Association believes the NCUA has not moved quickly enough to grant an 18-month exam cycle to credit unions with $3 billion or less in assets.

Melissa Ashley, who has been with the corporate since 1999, has been tapped to succeed retiring CEO Lee Butke.

The deal lets Google learn more about what people buy based on online ads, but raises privacy concerns; checkbooks favor Congressman Sean Maloney.

Small banks and credit unions say slow responses and outdated products from the establishment tech vendor can become a drag on their innovation efforts.

Payments CUSO said it converted a ‘record number’ of credit, debit accounts in 4 months.

The partner credit unions will collaborate with the CUSO to create custom investment programs for their memberships.

Many financial institutions are unaware that they're banking marijuana-related businesses, pot bankers and regtech experts say.