BETHALTO, Ill. — Laclede Community Credit Union and 1st MidAmerica CU have agreed to merge.

KENTWOOD, Mich. — An armed man dressed as a woman robbed Community West Credit Union last week and then led police on a high-speed chase that ended up with the suspect crashing his motorcycle.

WARREN, Mich. — Member Driven Technologies, a CUSO that supplies IT solutions to credit unions across the United States, said two CUs have signed to convert their core processing to Symitar Episys via the MDT solution.

WASHINGTON — A fake Internet-based credit union is at the center of a Ponzi-type scheme that has cost investors millions, according to a complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Hours after credit unions and other financial institutions were told by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council that they needed to find fast fixes to the "Heartbleed" bug, a new vulnerability that potentially could affect online and mobile banking, CUs were springing into action.

VERNON HILLS, Ill. — When it comes to social media in the credit union community, the spotlight quickly turns to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, often ignoring LinkedIn.

A selection of images featuring credit unions' efforts in their communities.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—A trio of employees at State Employees CU here say they are flouting convention with their on-the-job loyalty.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA's Central Liquidity Facility showed positive performance trends during the first quarter of 2014, with stock dividend rates increasing to 0.25%, the regulator announced Friday.

WASHINGTON — A bill introduced by Republican Sen. Dan Coats could reduce some of the regulatory burden on the backs of financial institutions below $10 billion in assets.

How are CUSOs helping credit unions and their members?

Two of the largest credit union service organizations, both based in California, report that business is good, despite numerous financial and regulatory challenges.

SAN DIEGO — A new credit union service organization is helping credit unions collect on charged-off accounts and return "prior prime" members to their former CUs.

With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's ability to repay/qualified mortgage rule's deadline passing in January, will we see the light at the end of the compliance tunnel or another oncoming regulation freight train?

The competitive implications of prohibiting credit unions from raising supplemental capital are now too serious to ignore and warrant broad discussion.

It appears there is more interest than we might have thought in who will be named as CUNA's new CEO.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Credit unions frequently cite compliance as one of their biggest burdens. And now, so are credit union service organizations.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council told financial institutions Thursday to figure out fixes to a devastating security flaw that could put online and mobile banking applications at risk.

The lessons that elementary school students learn about saving can have a lasting effect, according to a new study supported by the Treasury Department.

Much like healthcare.gov struggled on its way to signing up 7.1 million Americans, Credit Union Journal reported in part 1 of this series that private health insurance exchanges working with credit unions are experiencing similar frustrations. The final installment of this series explores why CUs are taking a wait-and-see approach when it comes to private insurance exchanges.